August 2014 Last night I had pumpkin for dinner. PUMPKIN FOR DINNER! I'm digitally shouting this statement, not because of pure pumpkin excitement (though making pumpkin & sage gnocchi for…
August 2014 As one who has had to add salt to beer and stir like crazy, I humbly bow not only to the notion of this picnic, but to the…
August 2014 While I'm feeling nostalgic for all things Parisian, I couldn't help but fixate on this page of Sauces, from The French Cookbook. The tipsy perspective evokes the feeling…
July 2014 It's late at night, and the hot, humid day finally offers a break in the form of a cool breeze. The little one and I walk the hills…
July 2014 Do you like cooking but hesitate to venture into baking? Does your sweet tooth beckon, but you ignore its pleas? Fret no more! Even a beginner can make…
July 2014 Do you ever feel stuck in a week that seems to lag and lap you all at the same time? Welcome to my July 7th through present moment.…
July 2014 Once a Cornhusker, always a Cornhusker, so even though my family moved to the East Coast when I was a wee corn-loving lass, we returned every summer to visit.…
June 2014 Imagine you grew up on some remote island, and though you developed a taste for sweetness via nature's sugars (fruits, honey, etc), you never tasted chocolate. Maybe you…