The weather turned cold and rainy here in Oregon. It's now officially time for Minestrone Soup. I've been look

If any of you read Bon Appetit, you'll know they have a column called RSVP. Readers can write in and request r

This weekend I had the pleasure of teaching a friend how to make pie crust (and a pie, for that matter). I've

Alright, here is a pumpkin recipe. You may recall in my last post, I mentioned not being into pumpkin spice la

I am not a pumpkin spice latte person. This will probably surprise some of you. After all, I like lots of fall

It's not a big surprise to learn that I love to bake. So I get really excited when I have the chance to make a

80 degree temperatures continue here, but that's not stopping me from making pumpkin bread. It just means I do

This is definitely one of those "can eat for breakfast" cakes. Then again, that's really every cake. But espec

I feel like a disclosure is in order here. I've always wanted to like oatmeal. Childhood books often mentioned

The universe told me I needed to post a potato recipe. Well, in the roundabout way that the universe prods us

Did you do anything fall-ish for the first day of autumn? I've been eagerly awaiting cooler temps and cloudy d

Anyone else think cheese pizza is a little boring? I used believe so, until I was raiding my fridge for dinner

I need some convincing that it's actually fall. I know the signs of it are everywhere, crunchy leaves underfoo

Thank goodness for leftover pie. I was going to post a recipe about zucchini bread and it's many variables, bu

  I'm willing to bet that very few of you have ever had the pleasure of trying a Pimm's Cup cocktail. You

This was supposed to be an amazing pizza post. Alas, the universe had other things in mind when I was distract

We had a rather unpleasant encounter with some local shortcakes recently. I bought them from a bakery that I l

Last week, I asked people what they'd like to see on this blog. One of the responses called for budget recipes

It's kind of hit me that summer will soon come to an end. Too soon. There's so much I still have yet to do tha

  Friday night on a beautiful summer evening and I'm indoors writing about meatloaf. I'm sure you're jeal

I'm sure those of you that know me really well probably read the title of this recipe and said, "honey"?! Whil

First things first, this recipe calls for using a blowtorch. You could always use your oven to brown the merin

Time for a dose of summertime fake-nostalgia. If you're a young person like me, you probably didn't grow up wi

If you're like me, there are a few recipes that you don't deviate from. This might be because the recipe you h

Will anything make you feel more domestic than making your own jam? Probably not. There's something incredibly

I have a hard time bringing myself to make soup during the summer. Unless it's potato soup. I can always eat p

The other day, I woke up with a serious case of wanderlust. Maybe it's because it's summer and everyone's taki

  Last week was one of those awful adult weeks. A week where all your money goes to administrative/automo

* Note: this recipe contains raw eggs. Be sure to buy high quality and preferably pasteurized eggs.

It's now July and that means I need to start making summer pies with abandon. When I say summer pies, I mean f

If you're my father, you're not allowed to read any more of this post. I'll put a picture below so you won't b

I love quiche. It was one of the few times we got to eat pie for dinner growing up. It also makes amazing brea

I'm trying something new today, folks. As some of you know, I've been struggling a bit with food photography.

This is a desperation recipe. You see, I used to live in Missouri, where it's not uncommon to have 90-100+ deg

We've been stuck inside a lot lately. I guess Oregon hasn't figured out that it's summer and is still holding

Do you ever find yourself buying way too much of something at the grocery store? I've been having trouble sayi