Ciao, bambini! I’m the actual sorella of Jennie. When she asked me to guest post on the blog, I was pretty excited, for the following reasons: 1. Jennie and Corelyn’s blog is pretty awesome, and I was getting jealous. 2. …

Eight days from now, Garlic, My Soul is getting a significant face lift. About six months ago, we decided that Garlic, My Soul could be better. We knew that our photography could certainly use an upgrade, as well as our …

Last weekend, I took a mini-vacation to visit my friends Meg and Greg at Greg’s home in southern Virginia. Our goals for the weekend included a lot of wine, delicious food, and taking cover from the hurricane by staying indoors …

Mary’s take on the day…thank you Mary!!

Last night was a hectic night, as are most nights at the HAP house. Mary arrived at six, followed by Corelyn shortly thereafter, and the frantic race to doughnuts, pancakes, and muffins began. We’re shooting a photo shoot this weekend …

I said this to Corelyn last night as we RUSHED out of the door to Trader Joe’s and I said, “Remember that time that we went to TJ’s and forgot our list?” “Yes, we talk about it nearly every time …

We’ve been meaning to write thank-you’s for a while, and now that we’ve had a moment to breathe, we find it a good time to say: To our LA family: Thank you for eating our food, letting us plan events …

Two of our recipes that we had left were the ever-elusive Marmalade Muffins. Once in the grocery store, I remembered that this recipe was on our list, and purchased the only non-high fructose corn syrup orange marmalade in the store …

This is the beginning of some very delicious artichoke dip. Meanwhile, make some bacon for your potato skins. After the twice baked potato fiasco of 2010, we were wary of potato skins, but it ended OK. Also, cut up 18 …

Start with some butter. Two sticks, to be exact. Mmmmm, buttah. You add some chocolate, and you stir that all together. Meet Heaven. You have some flour over here, and some eggs. You add the delicious chocolatey butter to the …