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...

  This final Thailand post has taken me a while to put together, I’d wanted to put it up a month ago but with all the photos to go through and the house hunting process in full swing, this post kept falling by the...

There’s something about the way a cookie crumbles in your mouth after a dip in a glass of milk that brings back instant nostalgia for most folks. For me, oreos were my go-to childhood cookie. They were so dry and crunchy that they readily...

Well the home buying process is back on track, and aside from still having more paperwork to do (Seriously, how and why is there SO MUCH paperwork? I’d rather run a 5k than go through my bank statements one more time at this point.)...

  I was able to get out of town the past few days and go up to Missoula, Montana where Jeremy’s family lives. It was a welcome break from the craziness of the past few months, the fresh mountain air and beautiful scenery did...

  Things have been moving very quickly here. I’ve been immersed in many photo projects, much writing, and keeping tabs on the home-purchasing which has hit a small snag with the appraisal, (but that should be resolved soon). Sometimes when the world seems to...