Advice for New Bloggers: Set Your Limits
Posted on April 29, 2008 - Filed Under New Blog Advice | 2 Comments
Advice for New Bloggers is a new regular feature here at Sarah’s Cucina Bella. Inspired by Dine and Dish’s Adopt-A-Blogger event, and written with my adoptee in mind (Hi, Rachel! Click here to check out Fairy Cake Heaven), it appears every Tuesday.
Someone made a great analogy that privacy on the internet is like ketchup in [...]
Top Chef Chicago: Week Seven Reflections
Posted on April 28, 2008 - Filed Under Top Chef | 4 Comments
Alright, we’ve been watching for seven weeks. And for what? To see fluffed egos, hear foul mouthed cooks cuss like it’ll inflect magic on the food and discover that it’s hard to like these people. But, that’s just my take. I really hope that the producers take more care in choosing chefs next season.
My favorites [...]
Grilled Balsamic Chicken
Posted on April 27, 2008 - Filed Under chicken | Leave a Comment
It’s grilling season! It’s grilling season!
That’s exactly what I felt like shouting the first night that Shawn and I cooked dinner outside. We’ve repeated our outdoor cooking almost every night since. I love grilling outside. The scent of cooking food wafting through the air, the sounds of crackling inside the grill, the wave of heat [...]
Uh-Oh. I Disappeared!
Posted on April 24, 2008 - Filed Under Blog news | 2 Comments
Hey everyone.
Please bear with me. I will be back with great posts starting on Sunday on organic 360 Vodka, Grilled Balsamic Chicken, decluttering and more . . .
In the meantime, check out this nostalgic video. It’s totally worth the time to watch (only a few minutes). (Thanks Patti, you Late Bloomer!)
Top Chef Chicago: Week Six Reflections
Posted on April 17, 2008 - Filed Under Top Chef | Leave a Comment
Quote of the night: “I made Ryan Scott tailgate food and I am proud of it.”
Come. On. Poached pears are not tailgate food. EVER. Seriously? What was he thinking? But, as this season has demonstrated, Bravo found a group of chefs who are more about themselves than the food.
I digress. Shall we begin at the [...]
Dancing My Way to Fitness
Posted on April 16, 2008 - Filed Under product reviews, raves, weightloss | Leave a Comment
Oh. My. Lord.
I’ve discovered the perfect workout video for me. And I can do the whole thing without thinking about it . . . that’s a great sign.
Anyway, the video arrived and I couldn’t help but think the woman on the cover looked awfully like an Asian Jane Fonda circa 1985. But, who am I [...]
I Am Sarah, Hear Me Cook!
Posted on April 15, 2008 - Filed Under Blog news | 1 Comment
Alright readers, I am going to share something with you but you’ve got to delurk and share something here! Anything!
After the jump is a link to a podcast about my blog. Yes! You can hear the Sarah behind Sarah’s Cucina Bella!
First, the story:
When I got an email last month asking if I would be willing [...]
The Best Garlic Bread EVER
Posted on April 14, 2008 - Filed Under bread | Leave a Comment
It’s taken me WEEKS to get this post up. See, I made some garlic bread on the fly one night. It came out perfectly. I wrote down the recipe. The problem? I didn’t take a photo. So, I made it again. However, I got distracted and burned the heck out of it. We ate it [...]
Read More..>>Greener Shopping
Posted on April 13, 2008 - Filed Under green living | 2 Comments
For the past year, I’ve been working on greenifying our lives. Safer cleansers, natural (non-antibacterial) soaps, and less waste. It’s been a tough undertaking — reusable dryer sheets just didn’t do it for us. And the ones we tried - Method - still had waste when all was said and done: the sheets themselves, the [...]
Read More..>>Top Chef Chicago: Week Five Reflections
Posted on April 11, 2008 - Filed Under Top Chef | 1 Comment
Enough with the butternut squash soup! Dude, Spike, you aren’t too nice. You didn’t get screwed. Seriously. And Zoi? She disappoints me week after week . . . And, ha! Ha! Was anyone else silently gloating that Richard forgot to scale the fish? Perfection averted . . . oh, the joys!
But let’s back up.
This week’s [...]
