I’ve been wanting to put a local event together for a really, realllly long time, so I am beyond excited to share that I’ll be hosting my first workshop here in my hometown of Portland along with Christiann of Portland Fresh! The 1-day only...

I’ve never been a huge Valentine’s Day person. It feels kind of weird to me that we’re expected to show extra affection on one particular day a year, plus the added emphasis on gifts and grand romantic gestures. I say, be affectionate all year...

Life’s been a whirlwind around these parts lately. The dining/living room floors are finally finished, after a lengthy staining mishap that required us to sand down the floors a second time (turns out iron+ vinegar stain on red oak turns blue not grey), and...

During the winter I feel like I turn into a tiny bear that wants to do nothing but eat warm and comforting food and lay in bed whenever it’s dark…which turns out to be surprising amount of the day. As we all know, this...

I made this tasty pumpkin gnocchi back in the fall when I came across an adorably-shaped squash at the farmer’s market and wanted to put it to good use. I meant to post it right away, but then the holiday madness started and I...

Over the past couple weeks I’ve been thinking more and more of summer. The warmth, the sunlight, the long loooong days…it all feels very faraway right now. This is my first Oregon winter in the past nine years and I’m definitely feeling it (and...

  I’ve been a bit sick lately. Not just the little stuffy or a bit achey sick, but flat. out. sick. There was so much pressure in my head the past week I thought my face was going to explode, and my breathing’s been...

I always look forward to the super bowl, not because I’m much of a football person (I regularly get teams from across the entire sports spectrum confused. ‘Did the A’s make the super bowl this year?’) but because I reallllly like to use it...

  A couple weeks ago I had Christiann from Portland Fresh over to make some old fashioned buttermilk donuts. We’d met through instagram (yay instagram friends!) a couple months ago and have quickly bonded since then over our love of food and the northwest....

The upstate New York workshop I held this past October was more fun than I could have imagined…I couldn’t stop thinking about how much I enjoyed teaching, cooking, shooting, and styling with all the guests. So, we decided to make these adventures a regular occurrence,...

  Happy new year!! I feel like I am still in shock that 2014 went by so quickly. Also, the amount of things that happened in it was kind of insane, at least in the Kosmas Flores household. This time last year, I had...

I’ve always had a strong affinity for citrus-flavored sweets, including lemon cake. Growing up in a Greek kitchen, most desserts were flavored with oranges and lemons since they’re so prolific in that hot Mediterranean sun. Syrups were boiled with orange peels, cakes were filled...