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{roundup} 33 Great End-of-Summer Recipes 16 Aug 2013 | 08:00 pm
I’m heading to Europe tomorrow for almost three weeks, and I couldn’t be more excited. We’re off to Switzerland for about a week (where I’ve only spent a night, heretofore) and Italy (which I’ve been ...
{how to} How To Make Lavender Salt – And 8 Suggestions For How to Use It 13 Aug 2013 | 04:53 am
We grow an outrageous amount of lavender in our garden, and aside from making lavender caramel sauce from time to time, I have mostly left the lavender flowers to the bees. But this year I decided to ...
{recipe} Strawberry Chipotle Cobbler with Cornmeal Biscuit Topping 9 Aug 2013 | 07:07 pm
My grandma used to make the most delicious cobbler from all of the Oregon berries that grew in her garden. It was sweet and jammy with big, fluffy biscuits baked on top. It’s harder and harder to find...
{recipe} Oven-Baked Sesame Ginger French Fries (Plus 5 Tips for Making Great Fries in the Oven) 8 Aug 2013 | 01:57 am
Do you ever look around your kitchen and think “what the heck am I going to feed this kid/myself?” That happens a lot around here; somehow, despite the overwhelming feeling that I’m wasting like a thi...
{travelogue} Maui Update: More Favorite Eats and Activities Around the Island 6 Aug 2013 | 04:56 am
I love Maui – it’s one of my favorite places in the whole world. I have written previously about some of my favorite places to eat and visit in Maui, but that post mostly covered the Western part of t...
{recipe} Jam Nut Pinwheel Cookies 2 Aug 2013 | 04:28 am
Every summer, my Dad spends his weekend scouring the countryside, climbing fences, fording ditches, and tackling brambles to collect as many blackberries, boysenberries, and raspberries as he can find...
{recipe} Weeknight Pasta with Sausage, Broccoli, and Red Wine 29 Jul 2013 | 10:33 pm
Do you categorize recipes by “weeknight” and “weekend” like I do? There are some dishes I can leisurely fuss over on the weekend that I wouldn’t dream of attempting come Monday night. Between the flur...
{recipe} Spiced Blueberry Upside Down Cake 26 Jul 2013 | 12:09 am
I don’t know what it is about me, but if something can be made 1) rainbow or 2) upside down, I am most likely going to go ahead and do it that way. I had never thought of blueberries going upside down...
{recipe} Ham and Cheese Pancakes 19 Jul 2013 | 06:26 pm
I love sweet, buttery, maple-drenched pancakes–for about one or two bites. After that, I want salt! Luckily, this problem is easy to solve. Simply add ham and cheese to the inside of a fluffy buttermi...
{make this} Blackberry Scones from Big Sur Bakery 18 Jul 2013 | 08:05 am
I have experimented with a lot of scone recipes, and the results are in: this one from the Big Sur Bakery Cookbook is the best, hands down. Big Sur Bakery is one of my happy places. Whether you’re pi...
