This is the first post in a new series I’m starting here on My Homemade Life called “New Bites.” I often want to showcase the great and delicious restaurants we’re eating at and recipes we’re making at home, so I hope you’ll all enjoy this new project. This is not a restaurant-review initiative – I am NOT being paid to or given free things for my feedback. This is simply MY personal experience trying new restaurants and recipes as a beloved hobby and part of my life.
First up is our dinner experience at Amara Kitchen and Bar – a new Indian-American restaurant in Inman Park, Atlanta. We snagged a Scoutmob Hand-Picked deal for this outing, which was a deal that let us sample a few different dishes and drinks. Continue reading
We always had chocolate cake growing up and it was always the same recipe – the one my grandma had made for my mom growing up. It was always so moist, not too sweet and topped with light and fluffy chocolate frosting. I decided to make this cake for Sean for Valentine’s Day this year because he LOVES chocolate. It’s an easy recipe that comes together quickly. 
My contract gig with POSSIBLE that turned into an extension for a month with Havas Worldwide has come to an end. I’m still looking for work, interviewing and even have some new clients for my career coaching side-gig. So I’m pretty busy but am home more during that day. What does that mean in my world? That I get to be creative in the kitchen. This fluffy, moist and lightened up Raspberry-Ricotta Cake was the perfect way for us to have something sweet while we’re generally trying to eat healthier. 
Sean has been going up to Philly almost weekly for the last 4 months. His company has a big client up there and I’ve seen him go from ho-hum about the city to really enjoying his time there during this time period. Around Christmastime, he started mentioning that I should come up sometime and we could stay for a weekend together. When he had to be up there for a week AND weekend for work, we made plans for me to join him Friday-Sunday. Read on to see what we did but I’ll start by saying the city truly exceeded my expectations! 
