48 Hours of Eating in Cleveland, Ohio

48 Hours of Eating in Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland, Ohio: home to rock and roll, many sports teams and universities, and a lengthy stretch of Lake Erie shore. It’s one of America’s largest cities, but it joins its Midwest peers in being overlooked as a travel destination. I was determined to find the 

Out of the Kitchen: London, United Kingdom

Out of the Kitchen: London, United Kingdom

Well, this is it! The final post in the series recapping my honeymoon. We’ve been to Spain, France, Portugal, Germany, and now we’ve finally landed in the UK. At this point in the trip, we were EXHAUSTED. Two weeks of nonstop flying and sightseeing can 

Out of the Kitchen: Berlin, Germany

Out of the Kitchen: Berlin, Germany

Guten Tag, and welcome back to another edition of Out of the Kitchen! If you’ve been following along, you know that it was almost a year ago that I got married and started a whirlwind tour of Europe for our honeymoon. So far on the 

Out of the Kitchen: Lisbon, Portugal

Out of the Kitchen: Lisbon, Portugal

Bom día, loves! I’m so excited to share this blog post with you, because Lisbon was one of my favorite places that we visited. When people hear that we went to Portugal, they often have the same question: “Why Portugal? Wasn’t Spain enough?” A) No, 

The Spoonbread Festival 2018

The Spoonbread Festival 2018

I was invited by the organizers of the Spoonbread Festival to attend and write about my experience. All views and opinions expressed in this post are my own. There are two things in life that bring me great joy: food, and discovering local treasures that 

Kentucky State Fair 2018

Kentucky State Fair 2018

The Kentucky State Fair may be over, but it’s never too early to start planning for next year! Really, after you visit the fair once, it becomes a waiting game to see how long you have to suffer until you can go again. Once a 

Out of the Kitchen: Paris, France

Out of the Kitchen: Paris, France

Ah, the City of Lights and the City of Love: Paris! Welcome back to my series of posts retracing my honeymoon. It’s been a while since I posted about how amazing Barcelona was. I got a little distracted creating a new post series and getting 

A Day on the Farm with Laura’s Mercantile

A Day on the Farm with Laura’s Mercantile

There are a lot of misconceptions about Kentucky: we don’t wear shoes, we marry our cousins, we are all insanely good at basketball, etc. Additionally, people seem to think that we’re all country folk that spent our childhoods milking cows instead of reading books. While 

Out of the Kitchen: The Gateway to the West

Out of the Kitchen: The Gateway to the West

What do you get when you’ve got four bored college kids and a Groupon? An impromptu little one-day trip to St. Louis for what may have been the shortest spring break trip anyone’s ever made. Myself and my friends were trying to plan small day 

Out of the Kitchen: Vamos a Cuba!

Out of the Kitchen: Vamos a Cuba!

At the risk of sounding like a stereotype, I love musicals. In fact, my “Favorite Broadway” playlist on Spotify has over 100 songs on it, despite the fact that I’ve only seen 4 or 5 musicals in my life. And two of those were actually