Sometimes in the summer I find myself craving the nutty flavors of fall, slightly over-excited for the next season on the docket. But the heat…oh the heat. It makes baking things like warm nutty pies a bit of a challenge, especially when you live...

  Sometimes when the stress of the world gets to be too much, you just want to curl up with a nice hunk of cheese on the sofa and spend an hour watching Frasier to thaw out your brain…That’s exactly what I’ve been doing...

About a month ago, I got a special request from Jeremy’s mom to come up with a recipe for a watermelon cake so she could make it for his younger brother’s birthday (he is a watermelon enthusiast). It was a tricky challenge, since watermelon...

A little over a month ago I was lucky enough to travel to Saint Paul, Minnesota for a large dinner hosted by Prairie Organic Vodka, whose liquors are manufactured locally near St Paul and are made from USDA certified organic corn. I’ll go into...

Growing up in the Pacific Northwest, we were greeted by an abundance of fresh cherries as soon as the summer appeared. After months of non-stop rain and clouds (no exaggeration here, people), the first glimpse of cloudless sunlight meant that the sweet taste of...

Last weekend I was lucky enough to collaborate with Amy, the amazingly talented florist behind Luna Moss, on an edible flower photoshoot. We met at the Kinfolk event I hosted this past May and got to talking about flowers, and it blossomed (pun intended)...

I’m going to start by wishing you all a Happy 4th of July! At the present moment, I have retreated north away from the heat of the Los Angeles to the beautiful shores of Lake Tahoe where I will be sipping clamatoes (don’t hate)...

I’d never tried an oyster until I started seeing Jeremy. His family was big on seafood growing up, and while mine was too, we definitely had more Greek-style seafood (a lot of fish and octopus) than anything else. Meanwhile, Jeremy grew up in the...

I didn’t encounter gnocchi for the first time until I left for college and found them in the aisles of the nearby Trader Joe’s. I immediately fell in love with their plump texture and warm potato-y flavor, and was particularly excited about their versatility...

Last summer I found myself at a small farmer’s market stand in Glenn Oaks, California after a day of raspberry picking. There I purchased an unknown but delicious variety of deep red plums, which I used to make this jam. I have not encountered...

Well, I am sad to share that we have neared the end of apricot season, but not to worry! Within this post I have a recipe for an apricot habanero jelly that will help you savor the apricot’s bright and springy flavor all year...

The summer is almost upon us and you know what that means…time to clean out the ol’ grill and put it to use again cooking up some tasty grilled burgers and veggies. I started my tomatoes very early this year so I was able...