The happiest of holidays to you, my friend.
Today we’re going to:
- Make your house smell amazing.
- Decorate for the holidays on the cheap.
- DIY a fun, kid-friendly holiday craft.
- Set yourself up for delicious-smelling ornaments for years to come!
Life
How to Brew Better Coffee at Home (If It’s Tasting Sour or Bitter)
A few years ago, I published this post detailing how I “got into coffee” (aka started to understand the subtleties of coffee) as a complete beginner.
From the moment I started drinking coffee, I thought it needed to be loaded with sugar or milk or just downright bitter, and that simply isn’t the case.
Coffee can be fruity, juicy, chocolatey, rich, creamy, and most importantly balanced! And when you have a cup of coffee like that? Wow. Nothing better.
For being a morning (and afternoon… and maybe even evening) staple, coffee is a very nuanced drink. There are a lot of elements that impact the flavor you extract from the beans themselves, and that’s what we’re chatting about today!
Read MoreMy Favorite Books of the Year
Let’s talk about one of my favorite things: books!
This is one of my favorite posts to publish every year because it gives me a good excuse to go back and remember all of my favorite reads from the year.
I read 55 books in 2022. I hit my goal (35) and managed to read just over “one book per week of the year,” which is kinda fun!
Reading gave me a lot this year. It quieted my brain when it needed to calm down, it brought me to different cities and countries filled with characters from different backgrounds, and it helped me facilitate some of my favorite moments of the past year –– aka me sitting on the couch with a book and my cat (Maya!) curled up beside me.
The list you see below are the best of the best (in my opinion) from the gaggle of books I finished this year!
Read MoreMid-Year Freak Out Book Tag 2022
Let’s talk books!
I’ve been reading up a storm recently, and when I saw a few of my favorite online book personalities do the Mid-Year Freak Out Book Tag, I knew I wanted to join in on the fun!
And I know what you’re probably saying: “A book tag?”
Yeah, tbh, I’m not 100% confident in this definition, but as I understand them, a “book tag” is a way to talk about books with different prompts. People come up with the prompts, typically around a specific topic (like Sci-Fi or Romance) or time (like summer or mid-year), and then people online who talk about books (like on YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, podcasts, blogs, etc.) answer the questions based on their reading.
I found out about this one from Noelle on YouTube, but if you simply search “Mid-Year Freak Out Tag,” you’ll find loads of lists from different people! And the fun of it is that if you find some creators with similar book tastes as you, these tags are an awesome way to get reading recommendations.
To be honest, I started writing this post a few weeks ago, and I’ve read a few books since then. But I’m writing this as if I was in the past, so I think I was at 27 books read this year at that point. The prompts from the tag are the headings throughout this post, and you’ll find links to purchase the book at Bookshop and Amazon and to add it to your Goodreads account below.
SO. Without any further ado… here’s my Mid-Year Freak Out Book Tag!
Read MoreMy Favorite Books of the Year
It’s that time of year again! Aka the time of year when I gush about all of the fantastic books I read throughout the year. And oh boy howdy, were there a lot in 2021.
Read MoreWhy I Took an 8 Month Break
*taps mic* Is this thing on?
Hi! It has certainly been a minute, hasn’t it? In fact, my last post here on Fooduzzi, until I went completely and totally dark, was posted on December 18, the six year birthday of this blog.
Since then, Fooduzzi has sat dormant. No new recipes, no posts on social, no Taste Test Tuesdays on Instagram –– nada.
And… I owe you a bit of an explanation! With the exception of a little note in my Instagram bio saying that I was on a break, I kind of just dropped off the face of the internet.
Nothing gossipy or scandalous happened –– I just needed a break. A big one. So I took it.
It really was that simple.
But I know you might have some questions, so I figured I’d give you a bit of a recap of the why behind the break, what I was doing instead, and what you can expect from me, and from Fooduzzi, moving forward:
Read MoreMy Favorite Books of the Year
2020 will go down as the year of many things, but one of the most important things to me is that it was the year that I fell back in love with reading.
Read MoreA Gift Guide to Support Pittsburgh-Based Businesses this Holiday Season
You know, I believe that one of the most important things I can do with this platform (this blog, my social channels, my voice) is help support local businesses.
This year has been tough (understatement of the year right there), and the holidays are a great time to support the small, local businesses you love.
There are a ton of Pittsburgh, PA-based businesses that this yinzer is excited to support this year, so I wanted to put together a quick little gift guide outlining some of my very favorites.
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