POPSICLE WEEK LISTICLE
Excuses, excuses, baby bump fatigue, traveling, impatience, excuses, well I have about a half dozen more reasons to explain why I didn’t get my rear in gear to participate in Wit & Vinegars‘s...
View ArticleSALIDA, CO
Craft beers. Impromptu day-long hikes and watery Chaco walks along the bubbling river. Enough granola to fuel a small commune. Year round snow-capped 14ers with air so pure you gasp because your lungs...
View ArticleWEEKLY SUNDRIES + RADISH CUCUMBER SALAD
sundries, n. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌndrɪz/ Etymology: plural of sundry adj. used subst.: compare odds n. Definition: Small articles of a miscellaneous kind; esp. small items lumped together in an account...
View ArticleSUMMERTIME SMOOTHIES: FOUR WAYS
It must be hot and I must look like miserable pregnant manatee out of water since my husband came home with a teensy AC window unit last night. In my defense, I never complained, only remained highly...
View ArticleTOMATO SANDWICHES + A LESSON ON HOMEMADE MAYO
I think I’ve found a new pregnancy metaphor in homemade mayonnaise. No matter how well you follow the recipes, take every ounce of your grandma’s advice, or even adhere to modern scientific advances,...
View ArticleMINI ICED TEA CAKES W/ PEACH CURD + FRUIT CONFETTI
Armed with a biscuit cutter and a rimmed baking sheet, the world of miniature layer-cakes is now my oyster. The possibilities are endless and so long as I have butter in my fridge and the gumption to...
View ArticleLAVENDER MARGARITAS
Just to be clear, I’m not drinking these while pregnant, though I have had more than one dream about being back in Austin, sitting on the patio, and drinking a Julio’s margarita (or two). And over the...
View ArticleINGREDIENT STUDY: TOMATOES
Between recipe testing for work, our household grocery needs, and my inability to drive past without stopping to look at whatever’s growing in the fields, I frequent our little nearby farmstand Wilson...
View ArticleEASY BACON BISCUITS + WHIPPED SORGHUM BUTTER (PLUS A GIVEAWAY!)
These past few months have been all about lists. To-do lists, nursery prep lists, reading lists, thank you notes to write lists. I’ve even got a list of things to do right before the baby gets here; a...
View ArticleGRANOLA-YOGURT BOWLS W/ CHIA SEED JAM
There have been a handful of decidedly warm days this summer, and, thanks to a well-built New England house, our walls seem to retain heat oh-so-well. At times, the temperature outside is more...
View ArticleROSE LEMONADE & TONIC
I guess it’s time to face facts and realize that summer is at its end. The leaves are already turning, the evenings are a fair bit crisper, and the first gourds of the season are already popping up at...
View ArticleA WALKING AND SNACKING TOUR OF BOSTON
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View ArticleHOPPIN’ JOHN BOWLS, COLLARDS, & CORNBREAD BISCOTTI
Again with the bowls. I’m recently smitten with all things served in bowls. Plates just seem to hazardous, risky even, whereas bowls keep everything safe and secure. The chances of cheese being...
View ArticleAPPLE CIDER DONUT FUNNEL CAKES
Today officially marks the first day of Fall and it is taking everything I have to not break out the Halloween decorations. Hocus Pocus is already on my afternoon agenda and I may or may not be...
View ArticleCHICKEN FRIED CHICKEN PRETZEL SANDWICHES
Little redheaded Anne of Green Gables said it perfectly: “I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.” As a fellow redhead and autumnophile, I have to agree. I think my husband would, too,...
View ArticleCARDAMOM & CURRANT SKILLET SNICKERDOODLE
Ahh the snickerdoodle, the sourdough bread of the cookie genus. Okay, so it doesn’t actually involve any dough starter or yeast, but you have to agree that snickerdoodles have a bit of that je ne sais...
View ArticlePUMPKIN PAN DULCE
There are officially 14 days left until my due date. While that means essentially nothing since the little one could arrive any time she pleases, I’m focused, prepared, and feeling like the boyscout I...
View ArticleCRANBERRY NEWTONS
Early one autumn morning, before the sun was even awake, we dragged ourselves out of our respective warm beds, bundled up in the car, and headed west away from the winking dawn light. Around curves and...
View ArticlePUMPKIN QUESADILLAS WITH GARLIC PEPITA GUACAMOLE
You know those smells that make you feel like the holidays are really here? The spices, the spruce, the sugar. Well for me, it’s hot cast-iron. The big cauldron burning away on the stove means soups,...
View ArticleTHANKSGIVING LEFTOVERS POT PIE
I hosted my first Thanksgiving when I was just a junior in college. My grandparents, parents, cousins, and more all gathered at my little ramshackle rental house in Austin’s historic Hyde Park and my...
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