Baking, domesticity, and all things mini

Almost 4 years ago, I skipped town on vacation and temporarily handed over the reigns to my blog.  My then-boyfriend offered to cook, photog...

Looking at the calendar, it's hard to believe that Matt's been in my life since 2007.  We met in February of that year at work, b...

Considering what a neurotic perfectionist I am, my daily life is full of little failures.  Or, maybe it's the other way around: my li...

Remember that time I was totally spontaneous and made the most amazing soup on the fly? Yeah, me neither.  Not the second part, but cer...

Hey there and happy December!  It feels good to be back after the Thanksgiving holiday.  I put a few vacation days to good use and treate...

How's everybody feeling?  It's Friday, and I'm feelin' free!  So free that I'm going to confess a few things to you. ...

There are few things I love waking up to more than a sparkling clean apartment. (My husband, a fresh blanket of snow, and doughnuts occ...

We're barely a few days into fall, and I've already embraced one of my favorite cool weather traditions: soup Sundays. (Actua...

Despite my bragging , I managed to avoid jinxing things/tempting Mother Nature.  We ended up with another weekend of picture perfect weat...

Absence is a funny thing.  They (who, exactly?  I've always wondered) say it makes the heart grow fonder.  It's the time apart th...

I was all set to write about the abundant sunshine we've been enjoying and this bright and fresh recipe.  But, it seems like Mothe...

First, s'more cupcakes .  And now this -- pasta with roasted summer vegetables and sausage.  Summer is almost, sorta, kinda, ok not ...

If there's one challenge that will always excite me, it's that involved with planning a party.  My friends know that I will truly...

It's sizzlin' slow cooker February 'round these parts, in case you haven't heard ! And, though I'm only two recipe...

Have you ever been so focused on one food that it's all you can think about?  That you start trying to add it other dishes that are...

Semi-homemade!  Totally unscripted!  Or, as I like to call it, Wednesday's surprisingly really, really awesome dinner. (Public Ser...

I can't believe that today marks the midpoint of August.  I've now officially entered the "oh crap, I haven't done that ...

After a rather wimpy winter, spring is almost here.  It was so warm yesterday that I didn't shiver once on my walk back from the gym wit...

Matt is a fairly easy to please kind of guy.  Especially in the kitchen, which he considers my domain and happily gives me the reigns to...

I've had this recipe waiting for a while.  Why the delay?  I wish I had a better reason than "I got married" but that's i...