I had olive oil ice cream for the first time at the little Italian coffee shop down the street from our house. I took my first bite expecting to get a mouthful of intense olive oil flavor, but what I experienced instead was sweet,...

I originally made this for me and Jeremy as a little treat, but we enjoyed it so much I decided to share it here with all of you. Because I wasn’t originally planning on posting it, I don’t have any step-by-step photos for this...

I know I’ve been talking about it for awhile now, but here it is! I am finally posting about my trip to the state of Vermont. A little over a week ago I was lucky enough to be to go to King Arthur Flour’s Blog...

I have returned from my trip to Vermont, and I had even more fun than I could have hoped for. And while I did come home with a terrible case of jet lag and was barely able to peel myself off the floor of...

A few weeks ago when I posted about my last batch of mustards, a got a few comments from friends who thought it was a post about peanut butter and jelly sandwiches at first glance, and that got me thinking about the good ol’...

What a whirlwind the past week has been, baked salmon and all! First off, I want to thank all of you for your kind words and support regarding Adventures in Cooking’s Saveur Best Food Blog Awards: Best Original Recipes nomination. Voting ends Friday so...

A bit of an extended post today, as I have some exciting and wonderful news to share. Adventures in Cooking has been nominated for Best Original Recipes at Saveur’s 2013 Food Blog Awards. I was driving in my car when I found out (yes...

A few weeks ago I posted a couple mustard recipes, one for a rosemary grapefruit mustard and the other for a spicy indian one, with the promise to deliver a couple more mustard recipes in the coming month. Well, after much more mustard-making, and...

Last weekend Jeremy and I left behind the hustle and bustle of the city for a couple days of calm and sun out in the desert. Being an Oregonian at heart, I love my green northwest scenery; trees, rolling hills, tall grass, etc. But...

First, I wanted to thank you all for the birthday wishes. Me and Jeremy had a great time out in the Palm Desert (I’ll post about that soon!) and went out for a grand sushi dinner on my actual birthday, which was lovely. And...

In a few days (March 26th, to be precise) I’ll be entering the latter half of my twenties. To celebrate, Jeremy and I are heading out to the Palm Desert today to enjoy a relaxing weekend at the Highland Springs Resort where we’ll do...

It’s been a while since I’ve made simple cookies. In fact now that I think about it, the last time I made them was in October for the Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookie post. Way too long ago. I finally decided to make some cookies...