BUSTLE and VIM

I've taken the week off from Covid Projects.  My family has not.  Husband continues to bake bread, Younger is making marshmallows, Older has been crafting his own fresh mozzarella.  But none of them want to blog about the experience, and I, as already mentioned, am on...

Oh, hey there!  Take a seat.  Need a drink?  I know I do! (Laughs hysterically into the void.)
Let me whip up a little something for us.

We need the tonic of wildness... Henry David Thoreau
 

There's no way I'm the only person who has invented a new cocktail, b...

I'm aware that Blueberry Soup doesn't just roll off the tongue and into the palate part of one's brain naturally.  I know this because when I made Blueberry Soup for my friend Shelby's birthday brunch a few years ago and presented the soup course, I got a lot of weird...

Well, Gentle Readers, I think I can say with confidence that Spring is over, and Summer now reigns, smacking us with her humidity scepter at every turn.

And I know that every Summer our thoughts turn to Soup.  Mmmm, soup, so warming...

But wait!  There's a better way!  I...

I have my friend Andrea to thank for dragging me out of my quarantine doldrums, and giving me a task with meaning and purpose.  Introducing: Baking For Good!

She had the genius idea to take all that stress-baking and sourdough-humble-bragging that's filling our social f...

Y'all Gentle Readers, I have found this summer's ultimate dessert!

LEMON BLUEBERRY CHEESECAKE BARS!!!!!!!

This dessert has everything*: 

Summer berry brightness - Check!

Sunshiny citrus - Check!

Cream Cheese coolness - Check!

Buttery Shortbread perfectness - Check!

Streusel T...

Hello, fellow quarantiners!  Are you having a hard time not letting the days just kind of drift by in a hazy yet absurdist wave of naps, Netflix, Zoom meetings, day drinking, and... more naps?  If so, and according to the internet, you are not alone.  If you happen to...

Greetings, Gentle Readers,

I know many of you have been baking up a storm this spring/plague season.  I, myself, made some Speculoos Brownies earlier this week, and, yes, they are fabulous!  But at some point we need to take a break and enjoy a treat that is lower in ca...

While BustleandVim is not a Fashion blog, per se, we do like to think that we are keeping up with current trends.  Naturally, we do not do this alone.  Diane at Shopaholic Sanctuary always has her finger on the Sartorial Pulse and is always ready to help.

So, what'...

I'm so looking forward to my sons' next check-up and answering that question, "How often do you eat together as a family?" with "ALL THE TIME!"

As we were suppering earlier this week, my husband started making a list of what we were going to eat  in the coming days.  Hu...