by Kelli Donley | Feb 22, 2010 | Africa, Kitchen Talk
This weekend a couple of Matt’s friends from home were in town. It’s golf week in Phoenix — which is typically the craziest and best week of the year for fans. The PGA event last week was in Tucson and this week is in Scottsdale. Lots of of players...
by Kelli Donley | Feb 19, 2010 | Domestic Art, handmade, Sew Along
Dear Fin, Okay, I have a big dirty secret to admit: there are times when I am so sick of sewing, I don’t look at my machine for months. When I left for Cancun December 15th, I tucked my machine and supplies away. They didn’t re-emerge until last night. I...
by Kelli Donley | Feb 17, 2010 | CAOK, Faith, Journal, Kitchen Talk
Paired with some greens for dinner last night. The new farmer’s market at ASU started yesterday and I spent way too much money on way too little — but the flavors were wonderful. Plus, I’m learning that it is often not cost/time effective to do the...
by Kelli Donley | Feb 16, 2010 | Arizona
Purple mountains majesty. ~k
by Kelli Donley | Feb 15, 2010 | Domestic Art, Kitchen Talk
The latest issue of Cook’s Illustrated featured a three-page spread on the author’s love of chewy brownies. She admitted boxed mix brownies are chewy and delicious and she didn’t see the point in making them from scratch. But, this being Cook’s Illustrated, getting it...
by Kelli Donley | Feb 11, 2010 | Arizona
With sincerest apologies to all of my friends east of the Mississippi who are currently buried, this is the only white we are seeing in Tempe at the moment: As a friend recently said, “I’m in Arizona because you don’t have to shovel sunshine.”*...
by Kelli Donley | Feb 10, 2010 | Community, handmade, Kitchen Talk
make limoncello. My friends Juliann and Jennie are super smart librarians who can drink me under the table. Our outings regularly involve new restaurants and swapped recipes, books that are secret gems of the library, Meatloaf lyrics, and wine. Red wine, to be...
by Kelli Donley | Feb 9, 2010 | Domestic Art, Kitchen Talk, Recipes
My first trans-Atlantic trip was to Israel and Palestine in 1999-2000. I was on a journalism internship with the American Jewish Committee. We visited a variety of newspapers and got to see the majority of both countries within 3 weeks. It was a trip I won and the...
by Kelli Donley | Feb 8, 2010 | Domestic Art, Journal
My friend Kim was given a gorgeous gray cotton three button wrap at Christmas. I fell in love. I watched her open it and as soon as it was polite to do so, I picked it up and started counting rows. I knew I had to have one. Thankfully, Ravelry agreed and I found the...
by Kelli Donley | Feb 7, 2010 | Community, Domestic Art, Kitchen Talk
My friend Shailesh, who is originally from Nepal, and his wife Aimee, invited me and a handful of other friends over this weekend to make dinner. We learned to make momos. I’d never made dumplings before, and while I’m sure I’ve eaten something...
