Homemade Ice Cream

I started blogging in the summer of 2008. It was the summer between my undergrad and graduate program. I was home, not working very much, and I since I was reading lots of blogs I figured I could do it too. I started out writing about politics, life, books, and a little about food, but […]

Rustic Rhubarb Cake

I’m not sure if I’m getting the nasty sickness that everyone around me has, or if I’m just exhausted after a major kitchen update followed by two rounds of houseguests, or maybe I’m just hungover from the wine and chocolate fundraiser we went to yesterday, but I came home and crawled in bed at 4:30 […]

Christmas Peppermint Bark Brownies

Merry Christmas! We’re all cozy wrapping presents, drinking cocoa, and watching Christmas movies. Holiday Inn, Polar Express, White Christmas. I’ve always enjoyed “that movie with the singing sisters and the snow”, it wasn’t until this year that I realized that “that” movie was White Christmas. I didn’t know I was so predictable! I never thought […]

Food Blogger Bake Sale: Sunflower Blossoms

Last weekend during Olympia’s Arts Walk I had the pleasure of participating in a local Food Bloggers Bake Sale. Eight food bloggers and one local cooking instructor baked a table full of amazing sweets and together we raised money for the Thurston County Food Bank. Local food loving folks stopped by and walked away with […]