Two weeks ago, we went camping as a family for the first time ever. After I got over the trauma of packing (you guys: packing everything you could possibly need for your shelter and all your activities outside and food cooked over a camp stove, which you also have to bring along…why did I want to […]
Oh boy. Taste buds, get ready for a treat! It’s cookies. Cookies with everything good in them: cookies filled with more cookies as well as cream cheese and milk chocolate and malted milk powder. These are sneaky, late night, guilty pleasure cookies. These cookies are the masters of the school yard, and everyone else might […]
Remember how I hatched a plot to eat greens at every meal? Yeah…desserts kind of got in the way of that healthy plan. But you know, Rome wasn’t built in a day, and I am still trying to focus on the greenery as much as possible! So this month for the Secret Recipe Club challenge, […]
I like to call people up on their birthdays and sing to them. So someone call me up and croon a little tune, because this blog is FIVE YEARS OLD! And I just can’t believe it. Naturally, to mark the occasion, I baked a cake. Because what good is a birthday celebration without cake? Happy birthday […]
My husband has been asking to make cheese danish for years. You’d think I would have taken him up on that right away! I love to bake. I love to be bossy in the kitchen. I love cheese danish. But for some reason, I felt intimidated. Do you ever feel paralyzed by the desire to […]
The summer after I graduated from high school, my best friend and I started a weekly ritual we called “wife practice.” We decided to learn how to cook, something our mothers had been trying to teach us for years. We spent hours making peanut pork with cellophane noodles and potato crust quiche and French silk pie. […]
I know you are probably getting sick of sweets from me. And I was all geared up to share a few simple savories…but then I realized it’s going to be Valentine’s day very soon. And I have a long tradition of covering you in chocolate for Valentine’s day. Chocolate is, after all, one of my first […]
I know…it’s a little crazy to be making ice cream in December. But someone once told me that ice cream is even better in cold weather, because it doesn’t melt while you are trying to savor it slowly! Just get on board, okay? Because this ice cream is so delicious, and the festive wintery flavor […]
What is it about Thanksgiving that makes us gravitate toward casseroles and gratins? From the simple classics of green beans and candied yams, to some of my new favorites like kale gratin and scalloped potatoes, if it’s creamy and comes in a 9″x13″ baking dish, it’s sure to find a home on the Thanksgiving buffet. […]
Do you know what the definition of craziness is? It’s when you do the same thing over and over again, expecting a different result. Let’s be honest: I have a preschooler and a baby, so my behavior may often seem quite insane, if you are watching. But this amazing salmon marks an end to one […]