April 2010 After graduating with three degrees from Carnegie Mellon, I needed time to decompress. I worked in a cafe to save money to go to France, where eventually, I…
April 2010 Once while I was selling my homemade butternut squash, cinnamon rolls, a customer asked me, "Do you ever make anything simple? Like chocolate chip cookies?" Years later, I…
April 2010 When I was a student, at Carnegie Mellon University, trying to add more film classes to my routine, my good friend Erin recommended The Film Festival Course. "You…
April 2010 Dana didn't throw just any Easter brunch. As a resident of the Polish Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh and a girl of Eastern European descent, Dana threw a "Hunky…
March 2010 When I made the first Buffalo Pot Pie, I was overambitious in my preparations of the filling. Rather than risk an oven disaster of pot pie overflow, I…
3/14/10 The QT Pi(e) Project Project Statement On “Pi Day” (3/14/10), small pies were delivered via bicycle, to homes in various Pittsburgh neighborhoods, which included some portion of the number…
March 2010 Preparations for a very special baking project had led me, along with my dashing carpenter-chauffeur, to the St. Vincent Gristmill in Latrobe, PA. The dashing carpenter is like…