Every year, without fail, I mourn that the holidays are over. While taking down our Christmas ornaments, putting away the stockings and cleaning up pine needles, I go into a temporary funk that this most joyous time is over, again. Although I know it comes every year, I truly love the magic of Christmas, the […]
Category: Baked
Orange Cardamom Shortbread & Blue
Christmas is only one week away. This season has flown this time around. It has always been and will always be my favorite time of year. The whole world seems to celebrate. Large Christmas trees adorn street corners or the insides of Seattle’s skyscrapers, Christmas music is a distinct addition to whole month of December […]
Butternut Squash Muffins & Awake
I was shopping at TJs the other day and the cashier commented to me how many people are buying comfort foods. While it could be the change in weather, I know it is not. One of the benefits of living in the PacNW, surrounded by “Not My President” signs in shops, on bikes and in […]
Roasted Delicata, Pomegranate and Hazelnut Salad & The Greatest
By now, I am so tired of all of this election information/barrage/littany of garbage that I have buried myself in vinyl and am refusing to come out. I don’t even have a TV so fortunately I’ve missed all of those ads. I have come out of my fort to vote however and to join the […]
Roasted Chicken with Mustard Greens & Continuum
I first heard John Mayer in during one of my summers in Japan that I taught English at a summer camp. I graduated from high school while living in Japan and to make money during the summers, American kids living overseas had two primary options. We could either work at the American Embassy and wear […]