Not every night is a lavish multi-course feast featuring exotic dishes. In fact, that rarely occurs here at the Bread & Beta kitchen. Usually, we get home after 7pm and there’s a mad scramble to get some semblance of dinner on the table. Do any of you find this to be the case as well? I don’t know how so many people (especially in...

I recently had the good fortune to attend brunch at The Sinclair with the Boston Brunchers. This group of local bloggers is invited to different local restaurants. It’s a great opportunity to meet like-minded local foodies and try new restaurants. A double-whammy opportunity. We arrived on a beautiful Sunday. Harvard Square was bustling with the...

Lately I have been more enamored with my sewing machine than with my stove. Or rather, I’ve been bitten by the sewing bug and have been spending most of my free time reading sewing and quilting blogs, magazines, books and other resources, browsing over the amazing selection of fabrics that exist at local shops and online, and thinking about my...

I’ve had the good fortune of becoming an aunt several times over. All of you aunts and uncles out there might relate. It’s an exciting role to fill. There’s more family to love, and adorable baby cheeks to pinch. But when there are problems, diapers need to be changed, or the crying won’t stop, you get to give them back to mommy...