Concerts are great fun. Even when the band playing isn’t your favorite, the atmosphere is easy to get caught up in. That holds true in Neil Young Trunk Show. Watching something on a screen, even the big screen, just isn’t the same as seeing something in person, but it definitely is the next best thing. [...]
I always thought that when the time came to write my final blog for College Kitchen, I would have some pearls of wisdom to impart. Some sort of sum-it-all-up lesson about…well, I don’t even know what.
People think I’m a good cook. The truth is, I’m just as clueless as everybody else. When I cook, I [...]
Some days, I just don’t want to cook. I’m too tired, or too busy, or just too…well, lazy. But I can only eat Ramen and tuna salad for so long before I get completely sick of the go-to stuff. Fortunately, I’ve come up with a dish that’s a step above the Kraft boxed dinners, but [...]
Before you roll your eyes at this notoriously time-consuming and tiring dessert, let me stop you. This. Recipe. Is. So. Easy. I’m not kidding. When I found it on ehow.com, I couldn’t believe that anyone made ice cream at home in less than 10 minutes. But it’s entirely possible; just ask my photographer Emily, fellow [...]
A lot of movies are good without Oscar-winning casts, without blockbuster effects, and without a ground-breaking, original script. Those movies are good just because everything about them is just well done. That’s about where The Ghost Writer stands.
It’s a political suspense film without any occurrences that are entirely unexpected. But there are enough twists to [...]
Mall pretzels have always been a favorite treat of mine, so when Everyday with Rachael Ray printed a soft pretzel recipe, I knew I had to make them. Growing up, my dad would sometimes make soft pretzels, but they took something like three hours to make, so we didn’t get them often. This recipe, however, [...]
Over the past several months, my friends, family and fellow Backdroppers have come to know me as the resident “foodie.” But even the seasoned cooks have humble beginnings, and I’ll admit that mine were humbler than most. I’m the girl who has done a Google search to find out how long one should bake a [...]
