Baking, domesticity, and all things mini

One week from tomorrow, Matt and I will pile into my parents' Jeep and drive to Maryland for Thanksgiving.  I'm so excited! ......

I feel like a new woman!  Relaxed, refreshed, refocused, and re-energized, thanks in part to these amazing muffins.  But I'll get to ...

I shared this recipe in 2010 when I made these cookies for the first time.  Since then, I've looked forward to making them each holida...

***This contest is closed.  Congratulations to Valerie, the winner!*** (If this is your first visit here, welcome and thanks for stopping...

I recently stumbled upon a new-to-me food magazine.  I ooed.  I gasped.  I salivated.  And I read the whole darn thing from cover to c...

I think I'm in love with these cookies.  I want to bake a giant life-size version and wrap myself in it like a quilt.  A pumpkin-spic...

If you had to name your #1 go-to easy comfort food, what would it be? At first thought, a plate piled high with macaroni and cheese com...

I don't even know where to begin with this chili, other than it's utterly perfect material for a Monday.  It was my shining star ...

Friday!  I never thought I'd make it.  I could just kiss you right now.  The disbelief is so great that I've checked my planner a...

A week and a half ago, I saddled up and made pumpkin butter from scratch .  It was so easy and was/is so gosh darn, knee-slappingly delic...

If I had to sum up how autumn affects the food community, I'd use this picture: People, myself included, go cah - razy for pumpk...

And celebrating its 10th anniversary .  The beloved Starbucks pumpkin spice latte!  (Today's lunchtime stroll now has a purpose and dest...

TGIFF - thank goodness it's finally Friday!  I swear that upcoming weekends filled with fun things always make the preceding week move a...

Sit down and pay attention.  Please.  Pretty please .  Because this is important. I think I have a new favorite cookie. I know, I kn...

**Today is the last day to enter to win 3 dozen cookies !** Hi and a happy Halloween to you!  Now you can rest easy, knowing what I carve...

Have you ever caught -- and stopped -- yourself in the midst of doing something only to realize that you've actually been doing the ...

Dear Starbucks, I'm writing to extend a hearty congratulations to your company, namely your marketing team.  You have succeeded in...

Well, hello there, comrades!  I've got a question for you.  Just one question.  So, dig deep within your souls and be prepared to answer...

If you couldn't guess by now, I really love food and documenting my adventures with it!  The funny thing is this -- even if I didn...

Fall is almost here!  (Was I the first to wish you a happy autumn?  I bet I was...)  That means it's high time to kick back, relax, and...