From the monthly archives:

May 2009

Strawberry Coffee Cake

May 31, 2009

Pin it Strawberries make me restless. It’s a fact. Yes, a strange fact, but no less true. See, in my part of the world, strawberries come along every year right around May. This is around the time when I’ve loooooong ago let slide any New Year’s resolutions I might have made for myself, when it’s [...]

Lemon Cloud Tea Cookies

May 27, 2009

Pin it I think we should all sit down and have tea and cookies today. Tea and cookies and a little chat and laughter in the late afternoon sun. What do you think? Are you in? In the past few days, my inbox has filled with emails from people with big, arms-up-in-the-air, life questions. If [...]

Brown Sugar Bacon Waffles

May 26, 2009

Pin it> Please. Take a few moments to dig through your kitchen cabinets to find your waffle maker. Please do this. I’ll wait. ….. There? Find it? Now. Please. These waffles need to be made now, tonight, first thing tomorrow morning, or whenever you get hungry… now? They’re that good. I need to go wash [...]

Memorial Day

May 25, 2009

Pin it We used to be one of those families that would drive out to the cemetery on Sunday afternoon after church service. I can remember chasing my sister around the cemetery slopes, slipping on the moist grass in my church shoes and getting bright green stains on my Sunday dress while my parents, aunts, [...]

Say Hello to Summer!

May 22, 2009

Pin it This little bee sure is living large in my one pot spring garden! But enough about spring. Spring is so… um, last season? No… not exactly. Let’s talk about summer! What’s your favorite way to kick off summer? Me? My favorite way to greet summer is to have a rip roarin’ good time [...]

Roasted Red Pepper Mayonnaise on The Best BLT

May 20, 2009

Pin it You know that team building exercise you might play at sleep-away camp that requires you to fall backwards into the waiting arms of a fellow camper? The Trust Fall? The basic idea is that you completely let yourself fall backwards, trusting that the person behind you has arms outstretched to catch you before [...]

Root Beer Float Cake

May 18, 2009

Pin it Before I made this cake on Sunday afternoon, I sat down with a nice, tall root beer float. Sure, it was 10:30 in the morning. I suppose that technically that means I had a root beer float for breakfast. That’s one of the great thing about being an adult, you can have a [...]

Up and At ‘Em with Joy the Baker

May 15, 2009

Pin it If you’ve hung around these parts long enough, you may have pieced together a few facts about me. You probably know that I have a strange and undying affection for pancakes. You probably know that my family loves biscuits, and I’ve been known to drop an entire cake all over the counter top [...]

Lavender Honey Winner

May 15, 2009

Pin it Well geeeez! Remember that Mother’s Day giveaway!? Yea? Just barely? Big warm hugs and a giant thank you to all of you who shared stories about your amazing mothers. Your stories… phew! You got me cryin’ a few times… I can’t lie. Thanks for being so open and lovely about your moms. I [...]

Raspberry and Jam Muffins

May 13, 2009

Pin it I woke up to an utterly dreamy California morning on Tuesday. The soft morning sun was just streaming through my bedroom window, the birds were singing good morning, and I knew that I had a whole basket of clean laundry for the week ahead. Pretty sweet morning, right? Sure… the only problem was [...]

Crustless Quiche with Spinach and Mushrooms

May 11, 2009

Pin it I’m not sure exactly how to say this, so I’m just going to go ahead and put it out there. For the first time in…. ever… I had fun at a baby shower. Real time, legitimate good times at a baby shower. I wasn’t even faking it, not even a little bit. [...]

Summer Sweet Raspberry Lemonade

May 8, 2009

Pin it When it comes time for a little human to call me Mom, there are several things I hope for. Here are a few of those hopes: I hope that I’ll no longer run screaming from the room at the sight of a spider. Mom has to take care of the spider… that’s sort [...]

Mother’s Day Lavender Honey Giveaway!

May 6, 2009

Pin it I’ll be the first to admit that I had some pretty ugly teenage years. Sure. I had awkward limbs, a face full of acne, and was otherwise unfortunate looking, but I’m talking about what an utter brat I was for a solid two (plus) years. Did you go through some seriously bratty years? [...]

Milk Chocolate Pudding with Cream and Raspberry Sauce

May 4, 2009

Pin it I was notorious in my family for being the child that could only be comforted by my mother. Most playful family weekends, the scene went something like this: I’d be in the backyard playing with my little sister, my dad and Scamper, the family dog on our creaky, rusted and awesomely fun swing [...]

Sweet and Spicy Almonds

May 1, 2009

Pin it Here’s a fun thing to do! Take a few minutes to close your eyes and imagine yourself as an old person. I’m not talking about late sixties. That’s not old yet. I’m talking about great great grandmother old.. pushing the mid-nineties. Sounds crazy? Why would you spend time picturing white hair in bobby [...]