It seems like flights just haven't been working out for me this winter. First, this fiasco trying to get home from Madison, WI in Decem...

No Christmas tree for us this year, since my cat loves climbing it and knocking down all the ornaments and the fake branches, so I made...

Hi friends! No link love today, because I haven't had the time to pull one together. It's definitely been a busy week. Instead, have...

a couple recent snaps from my instagram . happy hump day! Ottolenghi's green pancakes with lime butter and avocado. recipe from P...

I saw this  birthday jar  from anthropologie a little while ago, decided to make my own version for my good friend Allison's birthday. A...

There are a couple (food-related) things that usually do not work out for me: 1. dough-y stuff and 2. caramel-y stuff. I don't know if i...

One of the hardest things for me about creating new(-ish) recipes is probably naming them. It's just like writing the subject line of...

Granola is great for cleaning out your pantry, and as the end of the year draws near, maybe it's time for some pantry organization.....

It all started with Whole Foods. On the weekends, there's a dude squeezing oranges and selling fresh-squeezed OJ and it's just ab...

chilling with ruby while cookies bake shopping date with the parentals

I don't usually put so many bought goods in a care package. but my brother's a special case. But he got a pretty good spread of stuf...

My mom and I are putting together another care package for my brother, so I baked up some cookies to send along. We also found out that...

I love tacos. Well, more accurately, I love tortillas, and everything that you can do with them. Like tacos. I usually just sauté toget...

A couple instagram snaps from breakfasts the past few days. belgian waffles with persimmon, cinnamon yogurt, and maple syrup so...

Mommy's birthday nineteen years ago, with me and my little brother I can never remember how old my parents are, but thank goodness ...

For some reason, I tend to completely forget that beets exist in this world, and then I'm endlessly delighted once more when I redisc...

Oatmeal tends to be put on hold when the warmer months come along, but I pull it out of hibernation the minute it starts getting cold. W...

Marshmallows are surprisingly simple to make, as long as you have a stand- or hand-mixer and a candy thermometer. And the results are a d...

They're finally done and ready to be slipped in to mailboxes. Hooray!

Phew, these decorations are finally done. There's this one house on my street that goes all out every holiday, and for Halloween, they t...