I was in Vermont this past May, prepping at Carey’s apartment for our Cape Cod First We Eat workshop. We drove from Vermont to Massachusetts with all our supplies piled tetris-style in the back of Carey’s Subaru, but the day before we left we...

“It is hot.” Jeremy said the only thing that either of us could think of while standing under the searing July sun. ‘Yes’, I thought, ‘it is terribly hot.’ But the heat rendered my reservoirs of speaking energy dry and I just solemnly nodded...

After over two weeks away, I am finally back home in my little corner of Portland, riding the last of the heat wave that slammed the city while I was gone. Ten days in a row at over 90 degrees Fahrenheit is quite a...

  The heat makes me lazy. Once summer comes around and I am freshly reminded of the fact that my home has no air conditioning, I find it hard to peel myself from the cool sticky leather of my basement’s sofa. I have to...

Those of you who follow my blog and instagram regularly know that I expanded my little brood of animals a little over a month ago with the addition of 8 baby chicks. I’ve always wanted to own my own chickens, not just for their...

I have another awesome event coming up that I’m really excited to share with you guys. I’m hosting a pop-up summer dinner series here in Portland with friends Christiann and Suzanne.The first dinner takes place on Saturday July 18th; we’ll be making an insane...

    I am *so* excited to announce that registration is now open for my Croatia styling, photography, and truffle foraging workshop. Yes, you read that correctly, there will be a guided excursion into the Croatian forest for hands-on truffle foraging (and eventual truffle...

A couple weeks ago Carey and I held our Cape Cod First We Eat workshop; we got to meet so many outstanding people and had the most brilliant time shooting, styling, and making and eating cheese. It was my first time in the state...

I made this lemon blueberry cheesecake a few weeks ago and have been wanting to post it realllllly badly since then because cheesecake = delicious, but things have been really hectic here. This past weekend was my and Carey’s Cape Cod First We Eat...

  Ever since the hint of spring appeared, I’ve been spending an increasing amount of time out in the garden shoving the 7 cubic yards of compost I ordered and transplanting all my seedlings. There’s something about the sun shining and the warmer weather...

With all the traveling and long work hours I’ve been keeping up with lately, I haven’t been paying much attention to what I’ve been eating. I’ll just kind of eat whatever’s around because I’ve been so focused on work that I haven’t really put...

A little over a month ago I held a food photography & styling workshop here in Portland. It felt so good to have one in my hometown, and it was such a wonderful way to meet other local foodies and photographers like myself. The...