The thing about living only a short drive from your parents is that when it's time for a visit, you can just

One of the best parts about visiting my parents during the summer is the box of stone fruit they send as a pa

Last Saturday was one long celebration of Lucas's birthday (though his actual birthday is today!). We meant to

I need to learn to reign in my inner cat lady around non-cat people (Mental note - why am I hanging out w

Remember that time we ate salad and I promised you more salads this year? Yeah, me neither. We've had five d

Summer is finally barreling in - and by barreling I mean, it's peaking near 70°F here, which means as lo

Before you roll your eyes,  there's a good reason why I'm sharing two ice cream recipes in a row. And it's no

The first time I made this hibiscus strawberry curd tart, I took the last little tart over to our neighbors

When my brother was a kid, he convinced my aunt that he was allergic to "green stuff"...aka salad. But he most

I recently read recipe development instructions that stated: "should not include ingredients that are too ob

When I opened the freezer for what was about to be my second "reward" bowl of this vegan strawberry coconut ch

I made a cup of rice in the rice cooker a few nights back and forgot about it. Overnight! As in, I didn't eat

Eggs are one of the only staples we keep on hand in our fridge. Well, that and cheese. With our ever-rotating

I'm notorious for using every square inch of surface area within reach while I'm cooking. Including the couch.

I consumed 1/4 pound of matcha in less than 3 months. That's about 450 of these gluten-free matcha shortbre

We've been home from Kyoto for a year and a half, and I'm still courting matcha like we just began a serious

A food blogger friend I've never met in person recently observed that it seems Japanese is my favorite cuisine

Does your loved one have a thing for bacon? Even if they wouldn't classify their relationship with bacon as a

Our glassware cabinet is filled with mason jars and a few mismatched Ikea glasses that haven't

These Buttermilk Fried Tofu Tacos are for those days you really need comfort food. Like Monday, for example.

Sometimes a recipe idea pops in my head seemingly from nowhere at all (the recipe gods?). Take these gluten-fr

I have a habit of inviting people over for dinner, but then making them wait over an hour to eat while I prepa

There's an insane amount of cheese in our fridge right now (best problem to have). Last week Lucas came home w

Back in college, I showed up to a holiday party at my then-boyfriend's mom's house with a plate of gingerbre

Back when I was first getting into cooking, my aunt gave me a board game for foodies. Imagine Craniu

The first time I made these flourless peanut butter chocolate chip cookies, I squished a scoop of ice cream be

My mom texted me last week to brag that she Santa's got all of his stocking stuffers wrapped. Tonight she

When it comes to gift-giving, I'm all about the homemade kind (as all of our friends who received a set of h

One reason I love when my mom visits (besides the dishes, of course:), is that she helps me brainstorm reci

My mom's here for the week hanging out with me (and doing dishes) while Lucas is in China. I've been spending

A couple of weeks ago, I invited my friend Dane over for chili and cornbread, but instead made him cook the w

Back in August, I fortuitously met Phi of Princess Tofu at a Bay Area food blogger's picnic on the very same d

All of the women in my extended family gather around the dining table for a rowdy game of Taboo over dessert

I'm a terrible daughter. My dad's birthday falls on or around Thanksgiving every year, and even though walnut

Halloween struts in at just the right time. With some sort of time warp, it's magically the end of October and

On our flight back from Philadelphia two weeks ago, I found myself in a middle seat caught in a conversation