This weekend I am back home in Oregon for an extremely brief (we’re talking about 36 hours) visit. I’m checking out the open house at our wedding location and my mom and my sister are throwing me a bridal shower (which I am SUPER...

After a very long wait, I finally started to see my little friend the apricot appearing in grocery stores and farmer’s markets last week. I feel like apricots often get left behind in the hype of spring; in my head I always imagine a...

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I originally made this for me and Jeremy as a little treat, but we enjoyed it so much I decided to share it here with all of you.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...