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My first 3-day juice cleanse // A detox diary
I’m not a diet girl — I don’t dig deprivation. So most of the time I try to watch my portions, track my calories, and do my best to eat food that’s as wholesome as possible. Not so much because I...
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Delicata squash galette
Delicata squash and apple cider vinegar are, without a doubt, two of my favorite food groups… I tell Mark I’m making up for lost time with salt and vinegar chips I never had or wouldn’t touch as a kid...
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Blue corn bread
There was a time in my life when 44 degrees would’ve been considered something less than a “really nice day,” and the seasons mostly existed in theory… that time is not now. Now, winter comes once a...
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DIY rose petal infused honey + Friday links
Winter looks to be making a big stop in our neighborhood this weekend, so we’ll be stockpiling the ingredients for the coziest foods we can find and hunkering down under the covers. Certainly with a...
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New roads
Things are changing fast in these parts, not the seasons, of course — winter always does seem to stick around — but certainly everything else. Last week, Mark was in the midst of interviewing for a...
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Grapefruit cardamom rum cake
It’s about this time each year that we cold weather dwellers start dreaming about a getaway. You know the drill… white sandy beaches, little umbrellas, 10lbs of rum cake… it all sounds too good to be...
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52 Self Portraits + Friday links
I’m not sure if you’ve ever had the pleasure of staging your house, or of living in a staged house while it’s on the market, but let me tell you, it is a treat. The rugs are gone, the liquor is gone,...
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Shaved brussels sprout salad with currants and bacon vinaigrette
Say what you want about brussels sprouts, everything — and I mean everything — is better with bacon. Not that I’m not a fan of the sprouts, but it never hurts to do a little doctoring up. And let’s be...
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52 self portraits // 2 + Friday link love
I’m willing to bet now that these photos — taken on our way to visit that not so superb owl (depending on how you look at it) — commemorate the very last moment that I was awake and not working this...
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Salted chocolate raspberry stout doughnuts with DuClaw
I’m always a little torn on Valentines Day. Should we celebrate, is it a greeting card holiday, blah, blah, blah. Any reason to go out for a romantic dinner, though, is one I can’t generally bring...
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Potato chip cookies
Sunday morning, Mark and I woke up early to poke and prod our already-staged home into submission – a process that, naturally, involved making cookies… otherwise known as small delicious “buy our...
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52 self portraits // 3 + Links
There was a moment there last week where I thought we might be on the verge of spring… warm air, a forecast free from snow. I was even fooled, for at least a second, into stepping outside without a...
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Hot milk punch
It sounds harsh, but lately I’ve been feeling stiff and uninspired – paralyzed even. It’s cold, the house is on the market, work is all maybes and what ifs, and every next step seems to be waiting for...
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Jack White’s guacamole
Much to Jack White’s apparent dismay, the details of his tour rider leaked out last week — and since we love a man who loves good guac, we thought they were sort of charming. After hearing the story...
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52 self portraits // 4 + Links
This is a pretty accurate depiction of the last week… wrapped up in every scarf, hat, and blanket we have in an effort to escape the cold that somehow manages to seep in no matter the number on the...
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Saffron leek soup
We all have our little pleasures. Manicures, lunches out, fancy espresso… they’re the things that make the day to day just that much better (or more bearable). And it’s for exactly that reason that...
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How to make your own pasta from scratch
All of the best food words come from Julia. I think of her every time I grab for a bottle of wine or get my hands all up in a pretty plated dish. She talks me through my most favorite moments in the...
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52 self portraits // 5 + Links
That’s it guys… I’m done. The snow can melt. Spring can come. We’ve had all the fun we can have. 11 skills every amateur chef should learn. Joan. This awesome cheat sheet. A Sunday gathering. Because...
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How to shape your own cavatelli and fettuccine
If there’s one thing that prevented us from making our own pasta in the past, it was the (totally misguided) feeling that we wouldn’t be able to do it without going out and spending a whole bunch of...
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Meyer lemon pasta with mustard seed and turmeric
Great love can open your eyes and make the world seem new… and pasta and I, I’m not afraid to say it, we’re one of the greats. Our love affair began at a young age… first with buttered noodles and mac...
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