Category Archives: food for thought

Dear Readers, When I first started this blog, I was a poor post-college student living on a pitiful non-profit salary. Penny Pinching Epicure was about how to make delicious food on a really tight budget. Over the last few years though, this blog has morphed to focus much more on food allergies than budget recipes. […]

I know, I haven’t posted in a really long time. But if I was going to take forever to get up a new post, isn’t gluten-free, dairy-free pumpkin pie a nice one to leave up there? 🙂 Things have been crazy busy and I promise I’m going to get back to posting regularly. I just […]

Eat, Write, Retreat was an amazingly wonderful experience. I met so many cool people, and I really learned a lot. One thing in particular has stuck with me since the conference, and I’ve been thinking about it a lot. During the “Beyond Your Blog” panel, the conversation turned to fame and cookbook deals. It struck me that […]

I am constantly inspired by the power and passion of the blogging community, a community to which I am honored and humbled to belong. We rally around each other. Last September, when Ivory Hut’s house burned down and her family lost everything, her friends started a fund to help her get back on her feet. […]

Wow. I just finished an amazing weekend at my first food blogger conference, Eat, Write, Retreat! I learned so much and met so many wonderful people, and it’s going to take me some time to digest it all (pun intended. Wow did we eat a lot!), but here are a few first thoughts. Spending a […]

Next month, I will have the privilege to attend my first food blogger conference: Eat, Write, Retreat! And it’s right here in DC! I can’t begin to describe how excited I am. When I has no idea how big the food blogger world is, especially the food allergy food blogger world. I’ve met so many […]

Dear Readers, As we wind down 2010, I wanted to share some good news–while AK and I were away on vacation this week, he proposed! We were at Monticello in Charlottesville, VA (the site of our first trip together). As we stood on the “nickel side” of Thomas Jefferson’s house (pictured on the back of […]

I have a love-hate relationship with food. I don’t think most of my friends know there is a “hate” side to my relationship with food. I’m an avid food blogger. I’m always trying new dishes, new foods, new ingredients. I’ll frequently spend an entire Sunday just cooking and baking, and then a host 5-course dinner […]

Dear Readers, I can’t believe it’s been a year since my first post. When I started writing, I had no idea how much I’d love sharing my thoughts and recipes, or if anyone would even read them! It’s certainly been a year of ups and downs. I started this blog, met my wonderful boyfriend, and […]