 When I was a kid, my mom would make me whatever I wanted for Birthday Dinner. The only thing I ever remember asking for was fried flounder, egg noodles and peas & carrots. And for dessert, it was always Boston Cream Pie. As an adult, I’m continuing this tradition with my husband. I asked him what kind of birthday dessert he wanted and he said “Birthday Cake.” After a few days of deliberation and hemming and hawing Continue reading How to Make Birthday Cake 
We are undergoing a lot of exciting changes behind the scenes, so things may look a little different from time to time and may be wonky or messy and for that we sincerely apologize! Please use the navigation up above to look through the archives and click around, leave comments and sign up for our email list to stay up to date on our evolution. Sign up for our email and you’ll be the first to know our Continue reading Coming Soon! A Whole New Gourmand & the Peasant!  There’s a lot to this stuff thing. I took to my wardrobe this morning because it is something I can tackle without my husbands input. I started culling the stuff in the front room, but that really takes both of us being here and I hate to spring what is proving to be an emotional and burdensome task on Mark after a long day of work. Today, I decided to focus on my stuff and went Continue reading Unstuffing My Clothes  For a few weeks now, I’ve been trying to read your minds and have decided that the best answers to my questions will come from you directly. You may have noticed that the last two posts you received were not food related. I’ve been writing The Gourmand & the Peasant as a food-focused website for nearly three years (in the early years as In the Making, if any of y’all have been around that long!) and am Continue reading Evolution  I haven’t edited a single thing, and yet have had multiple moments of angst about this whole idea of minimalism and one heated discussion with my husband about the importance of refrigerator magnets and visual texture. Maybe I don’t need to get rid of my stuff. Maybe my stuff is charming and tells a story about my life in a way that I can’t articulate and maybe this will lead to endless fighting and maybe we Continue reading Unstuffing My Stuff: Day 1, Front Room  |
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