Can you believe we’re already halfway through January?! That seems crazy to me. Maybe because I spent the first two weeks of the cooped up in my house with shingles so I feel like I missed the first half of the month. Don’t get shingles, …

Happy Pi(e) Day! I’ll be honest, I don’t make a lot of pie. My sister is the pie maker of the family and I’m fine to leave her with that title. I even worked baking pies at a pie shop for 9 months and I …

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 …

Let’s start with this. Oregon berries are the best berries. For the last few years my friends and I have driven to Sauvie’s Island where we spend the day picking strawberries, marionberries, blueberries, raspberries and any other delicious berry they have. I’m a huge fan of …

We’re about halfway through the very short rhubarb season and this is the first time I’ve used rhubarb this year. It might look like red celery but I can assure you it isn’t. It’s much more delicious than celery. Rhubarb is a pretty tart tasting …