This rosemary walnut shortbread is a bit different from the usual holiday cookie, which is typically very sweet and bedazzed with sparkle...

All you really need to know is that Tara sent me gorgeous Seattle leaves in the mail.  Ok, I could tell you a little more. Like how on...

The moment the calendar flipped over to August I was struck with a level of panic that's normally reserved for small school childre...

I've been cooking a lot of repeat meals lately. Huge batches of coconut-cranberry-cashew granola to fuel our mornings. Dinners of co...

This cake began as something far more humble. With a pile of bananas turning slowly black in a bowl, it was about economy not indulgence...

{First, an announcement: wegarden is the winner of Small Sweet Treats! Email me at writtenbyaz@gmail.com with your name and address and I...

I am a creature of habit. I wake up at the same time almost every day and regularly eat the same breakfast for mornings in a row. My lack o...

I think this drinking chocolate would be perfect for an anniversary or Valentine's Day. It might even be perfect for an ordinary Friday...

After M.F.K. Fisher became a mother, she occasionally had to turn down writing gigs because juggling two girls and writing was too much. O...

  Book writing is a challenging, isolating job to have. I spend hours alone, usually in my pjs or yoga clothes. Inevitably, just when I thin...

I know what you're thinking. Do I only eat pears? Not really, though I did just finish a bowl of oatmeal topped with pear compote. Man,...

There are times I think I should blog more or not at all . Other days I think I should have a baking blog . Then I remember everything I own...

I've been feeling a bit frantic lately. There's a lot of little things to do, a few big things to do ( book proofs , anyone?) a...

This cake is the reason my skinny jeans are now feeling a little more like hipster tight denim. This cake, plus the homemade ravioli, the s...

There are two kinds of people in the world: those who could happily eat cake every single day, and those who save it for special occasions....

July 3rd was M.F.K. Fisher's birthday. This year she would have been 102. I celebrate the day every year, or at least I have for the ...

Truth be told, I am finding that I am not very good at this locating recipes, gathering ingredients, making and then taking photos before ea...

Lemons. My roommate brought home a fresh bag full of them the other day. This was good, since we were down to our final two or three. I wasn...

Stacks. Piles. Stacks and piles. Coffee mugs, crumby plates, discarded napkins. Yoga pants, comfy shirts, glasses and stretchy head bands al...

On Tuesday it rained and rained. I stared into the fridge and the only thing I saw was a huge pot of white rice, leftover from a weekend din...