Soup is good for the soul. It’s warm, comforting, and perfect for bringing people together around a table on a cold winter’s day. I came up with this soup recipe a couple of weeks ago. We were snowed in (remember the big PDX snowstorm I …

If Oregon was a cookie, it would be this one. A delicious chocolate shortbread dipped in chocolate and sprinkled with hazelnuts (the Oregon state nut). The Oregon way is the best way. This recipe comes from Erin of Platings and Pairings for Bob’s Red Mill’s …

Last Tuesday night, Portland was hit with a snowstorm. Last week in my post I mentioned that we don’t get much snow but we always get ice on top of it, making it difficult to get around the city. Well, what we got last Tuesday …

Winter is here! Actually, winter has been here for a while but I haven’t posted a really comforting winter recipe yet. Today though, that changes. We’ve had a weird winter here in Portland. There have been three “storms” that have kind of shut down the …

Happy New Year! What a year 2016 was. For me personally, it was a rough one. My year started with a lot of loss, I had my SEVENTH knee surgery, had to rethink my career path because my shitty knees don’t allow me to do …