God Bless America… and God Bless scones. Especially patriotic ones. As I approached this holiday weekend, I obviously wanted to bake. Prior years have yielded some great recipes like Raspberry Smores Pavlova (2015), Dutch Pancakes (2012), a version of Strawberry shortcake (2012) or this Triple Berry Breakfast Bread (2014). But it’s really hard to resist…
Oh you sweet beautiful salad. I guess not sweet because it’s kale. But sweet in the sense of victory… because it came from my garden. After watching only two Youtube videos about how to harvest kale, I felt ready to actually do it. I used to get this awesome kale salad from B. Good that…
Please consider this the Garden Progress Update. I almost bought a webcam a few weeks ago just so I could watch my garden all day long. So that’s just a little hint of how obsessed I am with every little damn flower that grows here. Besides the family contest of “First to Fruit” I’m also…
Just last week I was swearing the left third of my garden was a bloomless wasteland. Slightly dramatic but it felt accurate… especially when compared to the bountiful garden that I had imaged and planned. The benefit of being home sick for nearly the entire month of February was that I had plenty of time…
Oh you beautiful little wonder. The peony. So bright and cheerful. So feathery. So elegant. So lightly fragrant. Also, so damn seasonal. So sad. I didn’t understand the magic of the peony until probably like 5 years ago. I’m not sure what world I lived in. But peonies are just amazing. The house we grew…
I think I read somewhere in the last year that to garden is to essentially have hope or a plan for the future. I fully believe and embrace this. For the past 4 years, my garden has slowly expanded from 1 tomato plant on my fire escape to a garden that my landlord deemed a…
Every so often I make something in the kitchen that delights me to no end. This gnocchi dish was absolutely that – and almost nearly by accident. I last cooked with fiddleheads in May 2013 at a phenomenal cooking class. It might have been one of the best meals ever and so much fun. Since…
I’ll admit that this doesn’t perhaps look like the most appetizing meal. But that’s my poor work-night, too hungry to care, just feed me now…. photography. I’m not alone in this sentiment. I know it. But unless the meal is an absolute g-d trainwreck, I’m going to write about it… so that I can make…
I get a lot of magazines at my house – like more than 10, maybe more than 15… and to be honest, it used to be almost 20. But one of my favorite things in the world is just to sit and read in the sun. Since I rarely pay more than $10-$15 for a…
I whipped up these scones for a casual morning breakfast with some married friends. I’m not sure how many varieties of scones I’ve made at this point but this was a new one. I had stumbled across some Instagram post from Terrain about honey scones and they just looked amazing. The scones of your dreams.…
