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Start The Top Of Your Morning With Irish Cheeses
Three months in and we’re still loving our monthly Cheeses of the Month from PennMac. March brings us, appropriately, Irish cheeses. We’ve done a little hands-on research to make some suggestions for pairing each of the four Irish cheeses we tried. Take a look! Continue reading
Grab A Seat, Pierre, It’s French Cheese Time!
Our Cheese of the Month feature returns with a variety of delicious French cheeses, all available from PennMac. Feel free to copy our pairings, or grab some cheese and try to create a few of your own! Continue reading
Jelly Of The Month Club: Hot Pepper Jelly
Our personal Jelly of the Month club continues with our February installment: locally made Hot Pepper Jelly from Penn’s Corner! Continue reading
Filed under #84, #84-14, CSA, jelly, jelly of the month
Have A Fun Night Painting Your Pet With Paint Monkey
Wine? Paint? Cute pet photos? Count us in. We had a super blast at Paint Monkey’s ‘Paint Your Pet’ night, and we think you would, too. Check out our review, and then go get your own tickets for the next installment! Continue reading
Heinz Chapel Tours Are Fun, Free, & Educational
If you’re looking for free and educational, we’d suggest taking a guided tour of Heinz Chapel in Oakland. We learned a lot, and boy, are those stained glass windows magnificent! Continue reading
Filed under #67, #67-14, architecture, art, church, oakland, pittsburgh
Over-21 Night At The Science Center
Have you always wanted to dash around the Carnegie Science Center without running over a bunch of little kids? You’re in luck. Once a month, the Science Center sends the kids home and lets the grown-ups play. (And have wine!) Continue reading
Filed under #57, #57-14, over 21, pittsburgh, science center, wine
A Festive Fiestaware Factory Tour
In yet another achievement inspired by the documentaries of Pittsburgh icon Rick Sebak, we trek west out to Newell, WV to take a factory tour at the Homer Laughlin China Company — aka, the makers of Fiestaware! Check out the rainbow-colored results! Continue reading
Filed under #80, #80-14, fiestaware, rick sebak, road trip, tour
CSA Spectacular: Turning Roots & Tubers Into Gourmet Treats
Our January CSAs loaded our pantry with all sorts of roots and tubers. Luckily, we were able to find a lot of ways to prepare interesting, healthy meals and sides that incorporated these ground-grown delights. Check out the results (and a few pro-tips) here! Continue reading
Cheese Of The Month Club: Free Range Cheeses
Behold the power of cheese! We begin yet another ‘of the month’ club with the help of local favorite, PennMac. This month, we’re checking out samples of free-range cheeses. So click on through and see our fancy-pants charcuterie. Continue reading
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Filed under #50, #50-14, buy fresh buy local, charcuterie, cheese, the strip, wine