Baked and Wired Cupakes (Kristy McCarron/DC on Heels)

July Food Adventures

Summer Food Finds July seems to come and go so quickly with the early holiday and summer obligations: weddings, getaways, birthdays and all things good. The last month has taken me up and down the East Coast, with very little cooking at home, which is good for one thing: summer
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Maple bacon Icing (Kristy McCarron/DC on Heels)

Maple Bacon Cupcakes

Winning Men Over with Cake There were a few years in my life that I didn’t eat meat. I happened to be living in a house of all vegetarians, and I grew to love family meals centered around homemade black bean burgers, soy products and veggies from our garden. And then
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Freshly picked blueberries (Kristy McCarron/DC on Heels)

Summer Blueberry Picking

D.C. Pick Your Owns and Matching Recipes I have a framed picture next to my childhood bed of me proudly holding a large crate of freshly picked blueberries, basking in the summer sun. I’m not sure exactly what I did with all of those “blubes” at the ripe age of
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