Adventures

The rumors are true! I have returned to Los Angeles and to Garlic My Soul! If you’re a regular reader of GMS, you probably already know who I am, where I’ve been, and why I’m back. Or at the very …

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Kelly of Studio DIY recently invited me to Blognic – a pot luck style picnic for LA bloggers! It was the first event I’d been to with other LA bloggers, and with Corelyn by my side (more on that, later) we headed …

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Most of the time, I use recipes I’ve found online, in a cookbook or magazine, or seen on a show. I usually edit them a bit to my tastes – less salt, more vegetables, no cilantro, etc. But to make …

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UPDATED: The winner of our giveaway is Ava! Ava, please email me at jennie@garlicmysoul.com to claim your prize! Thank you for all of your entries! ********************* Today, because it’s Tuesday, the beginning of a short week, and because secretly I …

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For those of you who don’t know, I spent the first 12 years of my life on the east coast – in Connecticut, matter of fact. Most of my family (save the immediate ones) still live their, nestled in West …

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For my birthday, my coworkers got me a gift certificate to go to a coffee roasting class at the Institute of Domestic Technology. This class taught the basics of how to taste coffee, including a cupping, and then dived into …

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So today I wanted to bring a couple of items to your attention I find to be important, and interesting, and that I want to discuss with you! One: This article on whether organic is getting too big for it’s …

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My friend Marissa is a pastry chef, so this weekend when I headed to New York City, I got to head to the restaurant she works at in Beacon, NY, and try some of her delicious desserts! First of all, …

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You may or may not know it, but it my favorite week of the year: Shark Week. Shark Week is on Discovery, and usually takes place in late summer, and is a week long dedicated to shark programming: conservation, stories …

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Let me tell you a secret: THIS COBBLER HAS FIVE INGREDIENTS AND IS EASY PEASY AND DELICIOUS.  I guess it’s not that much of a secret anymore. Whoops. I’ve never been good at keeping secrets, anyways. Now, after you read …

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