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...
Right before I got all bogged down with the world’s worst cold, I made this little citrus upside down cake, and have been nibbling at it ever since. Yes, I’ve been a bit sick lately. Not just the little stuffy or a bit...
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....
Before I dive into this epically tasty salt baked sea bass, I wanted to share a little bit about the upstate New York workshop I held this past October. It was more fun than I could have imagined…I couldn’t stop thinking about how much...
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...
For me, there’s something almost magical about the holiday season. The vibrant evergreens filling doorways, living rooms, and banisters, the constant cooking of old recipes with family, the joyous laughter and intoxication shared with good friends, and the chance to craft like you’ve never...
It’s been a bit of a crazy time here, along with this tasty buttermilk cake, I’ve been swept up with extra holiday articles to write and recipes to develop, in addition to working on the cookbook and the general hullabaloo of the season. I’m...
I think most of you can relate to me when I say ahhhh chocolate. There has never been a time in my life when I wasn’t deeply and passionately in love with it. The flavor, the appearance, the versatility, there’s really nothing else like...
