With the winter season has come a slightly shrunken garden. I have some winter crops growing (broccoli, brussel sprouts, cabbage, lettuce, peas) but none of them have produced much of anything yet, except my radishes. They were ready for harvest last weekend, poking their...

Most of us know nougat as that ivory-colored layer of fluffiness in snickers & milky way bars. Almost marshmallow-y, but a bit thicker and more spreadable. I am here to tell you that there is another kind of nougat. One that is light, yet...

There are some dishes that, upon hearing about them for the first time, you’re immediate reaction is “hm.” Sometimes that is warranted, but sometimes you need to try the dish to understand how delicious it is. Lefse is one of those dishes. Lefse is...

  Hello, friends. I have someone I would like to introduce you to. This is Cajeta, the goatier version of Dulce de Leche. Cajeta is a rich, creamy caramel sauce made with goat’s milk, rather than cow’s milk. The goat’s milk adds a very...

As you may have been able to discern from my seasonal seed giveaways, I am addicted to gardening. I’ve tried my hand at growing many a vegetable, fruit, and flower, but up until very recently, never had I tried cultivating a fungi. I was...

It is that beautiful time of year again. Where noses turn pink from cold, homes are dressed to the nines with holiday sparkle, and the flavor of peppermint finds its way into the most delightful of treats. One of my standby holiday sweets is...

A few weeks ago I posted about the first step to making bitters at home, which involved making extracts. Now I am going to detail the second step, which entails combining all of the extracts you’ve made into different-flavored bitters. After using up all...

My friends and I like to have a pre-Thanksgiving dinner with one another so we can enjoy each other’s company and that of our families. It is also a great excuse to have two separate Thanksgiving dinners and prolong the delightful leftovers twice as...

Life has been busy lately. I made the mistake of painting my entire bathroom myself this past weekend (save for the tippy top corners which I had Jeremy fill in since my 5-foot frame couldn’t reach them even on my step ladder) which left...

The fall season has arrived in true southern California fashion here in North Hollywood, and by that I mean that it’s come irritatingly late. The time has come where I can no longer shower comfortably without shivering, and where I dread walking across the...

I have slowly been building a little bar cabinet of sorts over the past couple years, and while we have most of the basic liquors needed to make most mixed drinks, we do not have any bitters. Bitters are very concentrated liquor flavorings that...

    Something about the fall makes me want to indulge in a conflicting mix of both comforting and creepy beverages. I always look forward to coming up with eerie punches and cocktails to serve around Halloween time, but the cold autumn chill also...