The past couple weeks have flown by unnervingly quickly. I suppose that’s just how the holiday season goes, you’re jumping from one event to another and before you know it you’re almost to the end of December. Luckily, I’ve been able to pull my...

Well, this week been rough. After finally getting approval from the scenic commission on the homestead plans, we hit another blockade in actually making the homestead happen—all the construction costs have gone through the roof so now we need to re-group and figure some...

Another Thanksgiving is almost upon us, and with that comes an annual challenge I like to bestow upon myself: to make a brand new pie. I guess technically every pie I make is “brand new”, unless it’s leftovers (which sounds much more appealing than...

Normally, I despise raisins. They’re not quite sweet enough to be pleasant, not quite soft enough to be tender, and yet somehow not hard enough to be crunchy. They’re a filler ingredient that I typically resolutely cannot get behind, with the case of a...

For some reason, fall always feels like a time for new beginnings. I know, I know—it’s when everything outside starts to die and wither and the general natural world pretty much passes out until spring, so how is that particularly reinvigorating? Well, if you...

As I write this, the sun is bursting through the living room window and the weather outside is a balmy 81 degrees, which is very peculiar for October in Oregon. But the abnormally warm weather makes me feel a *bit* less strange about posting...

Towards the end of summer I always start daydreaming about all the baked goods I want to make in the fall once the weather cools down and I actually feel motivated to turn on my oven again. And I have been thinking a LOT...

I had potato and dill pierogi for the first time 4 years ago when my dear friend Bea Lubas made them for me after we’d finished hosting a photography workshop together. We were all exhausted after 4+ days of talking + teaching non-stop, but...

First off, thank you so so much to everyone who reached out to me + commented on my previous post. It means a lot, and I can’t tell you how much your kind words, your personal stories, and your support means to me. I...

Well hello again. It feels a bit conspicuous to be back after the longest absence since I started this blog back in 2009—but there’s been a lot going on over the past 6 months that made being present here difficult, even though I deeply...

Well I made it—I slid this recipe into home plate right before Christmas. So if you happen to be a last-minute kinda cook, then you still have time to make these fun little almond pinecone truffles before the holiday. And at the very least,...

If you’re the kind of person that hears “gingerbread” and begins sprinting in the opposite direction—this is the recipe for you. I know gingerbread is a holiday classic, but I’ve found it hard to like most iterations of gingerbread. I feel like the molasses...