From the monthly archives:

June 2011

Bourbon Orange Coriander Barbecue Sauce

June 30, 2011

Pin it This is one of the most satisfying things I’ve made in a long time. It’s sauce. It’s just sauce. I know. But would you look at it. Rich, burgundy colored, speckled with coarse black pepper and onion bits! Shut. It. Up. Where’s the chicken. Tell me you brought the chicken. We’re making this [...]

Simple Roasted Apricots with honey mascarpone

June 28, 2011

Pin it Everything is as sweet as dessert in the summertime. Living is totally easy: Morning warmth and sunshine. Just like dessert. Granola with berries and sweet coffee. Reminds me of dessert. Chicken salads and pink wine for lunch. Desserty. Peachy blue sunsets, popcorn for dinner, and roasted apricots for dessert. Gin and tonics. Totally [...]

30 Things For 30 Years

June 27, 2011

Pin it Three months ago, I set up a challenge for myself. I wanted to run through a list of 30 tasks before I turned 30 years old. You helped me build my list of tasks! You started your own lists. It feels like we’re all out in the world trying to do good, be [...]

Homemade Ginger Syrup for ginger ale

June 23, 2011

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Peach and Raspberry Crumble

June 22, 2011

Pin it The smell of peaches reminds me of: dusty, dirty sneakers. light coming through peach tree leaves. shade. drinking from the hose. wet jean shorts. caked mud. my yellow Sony sport walkman. that Counting Crows cassette tape i loved. my sister’s freckled nose. my dad’s hands. my mom’s laugh. sleeping in the sun in [...]

Juice Beauty Giveaway!

June 21, 2011

Pin it UPDATE! Paige! You’re looking forward to big, bright SUNSHINE this summer. It’s a good thing you just won this Juice Beauty sunscreen! Yay for you! It’s a good thing you’re here. I have treats for you! It’s the first day of summer and I want to share a few of my favorite things [...]

Five Things for Monday

June 20, 2011

Pin it I made you some truly despicable muffins this morning. They were full of peanut butter, and oats, and the best of intentions. They were gross. So here we are… stuck staring each other in the face. It’s bound to get awkward. All I have for you is a picture of my desk. Um. [...]

Sweet Corn Hash and other Dad-friendly Foods

June 17, 2011

Pin it Here’s the plan: breakfast! Here’s the second plan: dice up potatoes, toss it with stuff, and call it hash. Here’s the other part of the first and second plan: serve it to someone you love. Maybe that’s your dad. Maybe that’s your handsome husband. Maybe it’s that dude who takes your trash bins [...]

Risotto Rice Pudding with brown sugar and vanilla

June 15, 2011

Pin it hi. hello. hey. so. i made this rice pudding, then i stood in my kitchen and ate it from the pot with a tiny spoon. a really tiny spoon. i just stood there and ate half the batch. i discovered then, that this recipe should just be called The Milk and Stir. or [...]

Strawberry Upside-down Cake with Cardamom

June 12, 2011

Pin it I thought upside down was one word. I was wrong. You knew it wasn’t one word. You’re smarter than me. Let’s learn a lesson… because I just learned it, and I want to share it with you. Upside down is two words when you write something like “Oh crap… that pie just landed [...]

Homemade Churros with warm dark chocolate sauce

June 10, 2011

Pin it Once upon a time, as a young youth with frizzy hair and giant teeth, I went to Disneyland with my family. We went on rides. I saw Michael Jackson as Captain EO, and tried to replicate his dance moves for the rest of the day. We got popcorn, I secretly made faces at [...]

Strawberry Balsamic Flatbread

June 8, 2011

Pin it Am I the only jerk that still orders a medium coffee at Starbucks? What am I supposed to say?… grande. When it comes down to order time, I always choke. I feel like I’ll sound like a complete tool ordering a grande… but now I realize that I sound more like a tool [...]

Avocado Orange Salad

June 5, 2011

Pin it What’s the weirdest thing you’ve had for dinner? Tonight I had: Mung beans tossed in butter, salt, and pepper. Mung beans. Yea… not ideal. Frozen corn, made unfrozen in boiling water… tossed with butter, salt, and pepper. A flour tortilla… while standing over my desk, looking glossy-eyed at my massive to-do list. A [...]

Brown Butter Banana Strawberry Bread

June 2, 2011

Pin it Can I tell you something about me? This has exactly nothing to do with bananas or butter or bread. Feel free to roll your eyes and skip ahead, if necessary. I used to be a worrier. Like… a professional worrier. I would worry like it was my job to worry, like I was [...]

Whole Wheat Garlic Knots

June 1, 2011

Pin it I turned lip liner into a pencil I use to write silly notes on my bathroom mirror. I turned an outdoor fire pit into an herb garden. I turned a toothbrush into a bike cleaner. I sometimes turn my desk into my bed… by simply falling asleep at it. I can turn my [...]