This is my favorite time of year where I get to hold my loved ones close.Tightly.I am cooking for friends this Christmas. Still undecided about the menu, but happy that we can gather and share. These cookies will be part of it, I know. Pecan, vanilla bean, and rum shortbread cookies I made to give ...
Sometimes it's nice to stop by other friends' blogs and share a bit of my kitchen with them.I have been a huge Jen Altman fan since I started blogging. She has been such an inspiration to me through these years, not only as a photographer, but also as a mom and all around "get-it-done" kind ...
We have been riding our bikes in the afternoons taking advantage of the beautiful weather. All over."What is that smell?" Jon screamed while he was riding way behind me. "It smells good!" "Good!" Miren screamed as she repeats everything Jon says. I could smell it too.It was the chestnuts that one of our neighbors was ...
There are stacks of packages and boxes at my door these days. The craziness of the holidays as I call it. But there was a special box waiting at the door for me last week - a box full of goodness. It came from Gilt Taste via Farmer Jones' Farm. Products that I was invited ...
As you might remember, we spent the week of Thanksgiving in Montana where a large part of C's family lives. We were eager to see family, mountains, the big open sky, and hopefully some fresh snow. It had been six years since the last time I had visited. I missed the vast land and wilderness. ...