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It really shouldn’t surprise me…

August 7, 2014 by Sarah Moomaw Leave a Comment

It really shouldn’t surprise me…

…that I still suck at blogging. July with no posts? Wow, go me! July was busy. The Fourth was spent on the Jersey Shore. The following weekend was a great Saturday (sushi and a concert) and then back-to-back weekends bookended a trip out to California to (finally) see my parents, brother, one of the cats, […]

Filed Under: life, travel Tagged With: blogging struggles, California, july, lack of cooking, photos, travel

Foodgrams, or really, lack thereof.

June 30, 2014 by Sarah Moomaw Leave a Comment

Foodgrams, or really, lack thereof.

  I use to take a picture of 97 percent of everything I ate. Really. People would flip through the photos on my phone and it was plate, after bowl, after something in my left hand*. Then the rest of the world caught on. Restaurants started to complain. Dinning companions began to poke at it**. […]

Filed Under: dinner, eating out, life, travel Tagged With: Brooklyn, dining out, drinks, eating blogger, eating out, exploring!, friends, Instagram, lemonade, New York City, Northeastern, photos, Smorgasburg, summer weekend, tacos

I’m a better baker than chef

May 27, 2014 by Sarah Moomaw Leave a Comment

I’m a better baker than chef

My adventures in the kitchen always prove this, but I won’t let it get to me. Tease for the future: A fail in method, but can see the promise that minor tweaks can fix in this pork chop. (Also didn’t get a truly crisp photo out of this session either. I’m blaming my terrible kitchen lighting.) […]

Filed Under: baking, cooking, dessert, dinner, fails, life Tagged With: apple crisp, cooking fail, dessert, dinner, more to come!, pork cho, tease, whipped cream, will i come back?

Here we go again.

May 18, 2014 by Sarah Moomaw Leave a Comment

Here we go again.

I’ve written that title so many times. I am a writer by trade, so you’d think keeping a blog wouldn’t be a challenge. But it is. I get into it for a a few posts and then time gets away from me. I don’t know why — or if — this attempt will be any […]

Filed Under: journalism, life, writing Tagged With: cooking, dinner, food blog, here we go again!, life story, welcome!

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