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...

It certainly has been heating up here in Southern California, and there’s nothing quite like frozen citrus juices to help cool you down and keep you feeling refreshed. Also, I’ve found boozy frozen citrus juices to be particularly helpful. So, I decided to try...

As you can tell from my last post, I’ve been on a bit of a chocolate kick lately, and it finally culminated in me making these gloriously cocoa-filled cookies. I had them for the first time at the little cafe inside King Arthur Flour,...

A couple weeks ago Jeremy and I found ourselves stranded in the longest line at the Michael’s check-out counter that we’d ever seen. But I needed those craft supplies, so we stuck it out and meandered through the shelves of merchandise they station along...