Pumpkin loaf cake with browned butter frosting Somehow pumpkin spice has gone from the quintessential flavor of fall to the quintessential flavor of the twenty-something girl wearing a scarf and leggings. And while I think the addition of the sixth…
I’m apparently a sucker for grocery store trickery, at least when it comes to pomegranates. I usually pass them by as impractical and expensive, but I was in a hurry and there was this tempting pyramid right by the entrance….
I’ve been in this city for four days, and last night I finally made it home without having to stop and check google maps once. Success! So far I’m having a grand old time on this adventure. My friends and…
I generally keep a pretty hefty stock of baking supplies on hand—flour, butter, sugar, eggs, giant Costco bags of chocolate chips. You know, the essentials. But it’s also important to know how to work around a sparse pantry or fridge…
I remember lots of great food coming out of my grandma’s kitchen, with the peanut butter bonbons from two weeks ago pretty much at the top of that list. It continued with peanut butter treats masquerading as “energy bars,” holiday…
Let’s go ahead and say that October was a bit of a roller coaster. As I mentioned in my last post, my grandma died earlier this month. She was an incredibly loving, generous, supportive, and faith-filled woman, and the many…
I’m on a plane right now, flying home from Spokane and my grandma’s funeral. It hasn’t been an easy weekend. It was hard to stand in the living room of the house my mom grew up in, flooded with memories…
You know that awful feeling when you bite into an apple and it just gives way under your teeth? No matter how perfect that red delicious in your box lunch looks, its mealy insides never live up to your dreams…
JS (my boyfriend) and I headed way out of the city last week, passing several barn sales and too many water towers to count on our way to the ultimate fall experience: apple picking. The grounds were lovely and the…
I’ve had jobs in three different restaurant kitchens, and I didn’t feel qualified for any of them when I was hired. I’ve come to relish that feeling, most of the time at least, because it pushes me to learn the…
