The past week has been filled with a flurry of activity. Organizing, coordinating, writing, cooking, shooting, repeat. I’ve been spending these toasty summer nights relaxing with either a popsicle, cocktail, or mircrobrew in hand to help wind down after the long days (and I...

Work on the new house is progressing slowly but surely, the archway we wanted to take down in the kitchen is now officially gone and I’ve managed to get most of the plants in the ground that were biding their time on my patio....

Things have been quite a whirlwind ’round these parts as of late. Keeping up with the house, teaching my online course, and working on some other projects (will be telling you about these, soon!) have left me with very little extra time on my...

Staying out of the kitchen has been hard, especially since I went berry picking this past weekend with one of my best childhood friends and we ended up with quite the assortment of fresh fruits that appeared (at least to me, anyway) to be...

Things are moving slowly here on the kitchen remodel front. Or maybe it just feels slow because I keep seeing beautiful summer recipes posted everywhere, and then I look into my kitchen and just see a bunch of lath and plaster that’s half torn...

With the kitchen renovation in full swing and my Online Food Styling & Photography Workshop vamping up, my ability to cook and write for the next couple weeks will be limited. But this is a good thing. You see, it gives me the chance...

There’s something almost magical about the texture of baked meringue. The way it gets so crisp-yet-fragile on the outside, and a simple crack of the outer shell reveals the gooey, soft, and sweet center within. Meringue cookies have always had a soft spot in...

  Well, it seems summer has finally arrived. Temperatures here in Oregon have been steadily rising, and the stifling heat has helped us to realize there is no air conditioning in the new house. We’ll be getting a little AC unit soon, but until...

  The 4th of July is just around the corner, and while most people are firing up their grills, I always enjoy a little slow-cooking on the 4th. Get something going in the morning, let it cook for a few hours, and when people...

I’m going to keep this post short and sweet since there’s still much unpacking to be done and I’m caught up in a seemingly never-ending battle between myself and the beginnings of a blackberry bramble that I’m trying to clear out of the single...

We are slowly but sure moving everything into the new place bit by bit, and this Saturday I’m going to venture out into the garden with a rototiller and finally get my tomatoes in the ground. Really hoping it won’t be too late to...

    You may remember a few weeks back when I thought I had a cold that was actually strep throat, which became apparent during a weekend away on a shoot. I never really said what the shoot was for, but I was going...