Tomorrow is my birthday and I’ll be on a plane at 6 am for work out of town, but I was able to celebrate earlier this week with family and friends. I’m still in the process of remodeling the living/dining room areas of our...
After months of hard work and utter madness, the kitchen remodel finally finished at the end of November. And after the craziness of the holidays and the bustling new year, I finally have time to talk about it. When we moved in, the kitchen...
A little over a week ago Carey and I hosted our Asheville First We Eat workshop. We stayed in a beautiful home nestled in the foothills of Cold Mountain, right between an old red barn and a babbling stream. There was food, photography lessons,...
A few weeks back I got an itch to make some marshmallows. I’m not sure where the urge came from, but suddenly and very acutely, I wanted needed them. You see, homemade marshmallows are not like the kind you get from the store. Those...
Carey and I have been working on getting this workshop finalized for a while now, and I am *so* incredibly excited for it. Not only will it combine both photography and cheese (two of my favorite things in the world) but it takes place...
We had a bit of a cold snap again here these past few days. Not crazy enough for snow, but cold enough to make taking the dogs out first thing in the morning especially unpleasant. This left me craving something warm, hearty, and comforting...
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...
