I had to share this recipe as well. This is another family holiday favorite. It’s so easy to throw together, gets better with age, and feels festive and indulgent without any fuss. This recipe is also found in Let’s Stay In as part of our Christmas Tea menu where I usually serve it as cupcakes… Read more »
As promised I’m sharing the recipe for our Christmas dessert tradition. The chocolate peanut butter Bo\uche de Noel. I hope you enjoy it as much as my family does. The recipe comes from my book, Let’s Stay In. Our entire Christmas menu (Beef Wellington!) can also be found in that book. The holidays are… Read more »
Gabe and I are back with our annual gift guide. It’s full of things that brighten our everyday, things we have on our own lists and things that make the world a little brighter. We think there is something for everyone 1. Portland Apron Co. Pinafore Apron – I love this apron so much that… Read more »
Hello friends. I’ve been thinking about you all. I think about you when I bite into a cake so perfectly tender and dense with spice. I think of you when I artfully draw a salmon on my puff pastry with a paring knife and I think of you when I fry fresh caught… Read more »
OH, what a weird time in my life, though maybe they’ve all been weird? The point is that whatever specific space it is that I need available in order to commit to trying new recipes is so so hard to come by. Even this attempt you see here is hi…
* This post was created in partnership with California Olive Ranch. We’ve been working together this year to bring you some special recipes that highlight this beautiful olive oil. I’ve been using their olive oil for years now because they produce a high quality oil for an everyday price. Cooking is what grounds me, which… Read more »
*This post is in partnership with Barilla. I’m so thrilled to work with them and proclaim a shared belief that pasta is art. “Each piece of pasta is a small piece of design that combines beauty and taste.” Chefs from around the world recently competed in Paris at the Pasta World Championship. Check out their… Read more »
*This post is in partnership with Barilla. I’m so thrilled to work with them and proclaim a shared belief that pasta is art. “Each piece of pasta is a small piece of design that combines beauty and taste.” Right now, chefs from around the world are competing in Paris at the Pasta World Championship. Check… Read more »
I feel like celebrating. It’s been a year (give or take a day or so) since Let’s Stay In hit the bookstores and I’m feeling sentimental. This little book went out to the world with a bit of fanfare and then I just left it to do its thing. Hoping, praying and crossing my fingers… Read more »
* This post was created in partnership with California Olive Ranch. We’ve been working together this year to bring you some special recipes that highlight this beautiful olive oil. I’ve been using their olive oil for years now because they produce a high quality oil for an everyday price. They work with farmers in California… Read more »
*This post was created in partnership with California Walnuts. I have loved working with them this year to bring you some season-inspired recipes with walnuts as the star. As always, the words, images and recipes are mine. There’s always a moment at the end of summer when I see the slightest shift of color… Read more »
Rare is the book that changes you from within. That shifts your way of thinking, even if subtle, so that every breath, every step outside, every gentle breeze feels new. For me, Braiding Sweetgrass is that book. The heart behind Robin Wall Kimmerer’s words are what inspired the intention behind our Nourishing Through Nature… Read more »
Well, hello! It has been years (crazy to even hear myself say those words) since I have been on this space sharing recipes. Likely, most of you most continue to follow along on Instagram. In short, life accelerated quickly the … Continue reading …
*This post was created in partnership with California Walnuts. I’m thrilled to be working with them in 2019 to bring you many recipes that highlight this delicious and nutritious ingredient. As always, the words, images and recipes are mine. Summer. When the ingredients I love the very most are at their peak but I’m too distracted… Read more »
* This post was created in partnership with California Olive Ranch. We’re working together this year to continue to bring you some special recipes that highlight this beautiful olive oil. I’ve been using their olive oil for years now because they produce a high quality oil for an everyday price. They work with farmers in… Read more »
Grandpa would have been 100 this past fourth of July. He died just a few weeks short of his 99th birthday last summer. We celebrated in the same way we’ve done my entire life, fireworks and a table full of food meant for grazing on all day long. The only difference was there was no… Read more »
Finally, we’re here. Summer. The anticipation for these long and lazy days has been building and even more intense this year due to the prolonged school year thanks to snow days. But we’re here and we are doing it right. Lazy mornings with coffee and a good book on the deck, assembled dinners of cherries,… Read more »
Oh, hi. I’ve been having a hard time lately, and concurrently, making life difficult for those around me. Friday night, Matt said something like, “I know Bon Appétempt has run its course, but it would be nice if you had some kind of outlet, like a …
