One of my favorite things to make is a simple roast chicken, especially during the winter months. The skin of the chicken crisps up beautifully and the flavors of the poultry seep into the accompanying vegetables in the pan. Another wonderful aspect of it...

Up until a few days ago, the best hot chocolate I’d ever had was in Spain. My junior year of college I studied abroad in Europe and did some traveling while I was there, and since I’m mildly obsessed with planning, I spent much...

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 wayside....

The winter weather left me feeling dilapidated and a bit despondent these past couple weeks. I felt myself shuffling around in a haze, not really knowing why I was feeling so low but not entirely sure how to snap out of it. So this...

I don’t know if it was all the health food I started eating after the holidays, or the pleasantly cool weather (which always make me want to bake), but I started craving these cookies like crazy about one week back. So, this weekend I...

First off, a happy New Year’s Eve to you all!! I wish you all the best in 2014 and hope your goodbye to 2013 is a splendid one. I had hoped to get this post up yesterday so it would be of more use...

I’ll keep this short and sweet since many of us are busy with friends and family in the midst of the holidays, but I just wanted to wish you a wonderful holiday season and thank you all for reading. I have a nice little...

Before I dive into this tasty spiced pear bundt cake with vanilla glaze, I wanted to share a little bit about my special day with you guys. If you just want the pear bundt cake recipe, though, go ahead and scroll to the bottom...

One of the things I miss most about Oregon is the light dusting of snow we’d get a couple times a year. I grew up in a valley there so the snowfall was always really mild, just an inch or two thick, but goodness...

A couple months ago I got a request on instagram to make some pumpkin ice cream after I’d posted a picture of Trader Joe’s seasonal frozen pumpkin delight (one of the many pumpkin-flavored seasonal items they carry in the fall, I always look forward...

A few weeks ago Jeremy and I were finally able to take a brief trip up to Napa valley. We’d been wanting to go for a few years now but the scheduling never seemed to work out until early last month when we found...

I have a sad secret to share, my friends. For a long, long time, I hated the taste of whisky. This was due to several bad experiences with it in my younger years, and afterwards just the smell made me feel all squeamish and...