Can I share a little secret? I didn’t love New York when I first moved here this summer. The city was a swamp, with...
I have a lot of ideas for my blog, most of which either a) I forget about or b) I don’t do anything about...
I told Sarah that I would be making her coffee cake. It was the first thing I’d made from her new cookbook, The Vanilla...
Today is my blog’s fifth birthday, and I can hardly believe it. Five freaking years, indeed! And as per tradition, every year my blog’s...
“Where are you? And why are there hamburger and artichoke stickers everywhere?” “I’m at the Taste Talks awards with Molly! We are drinking an...
Most people assume that I grew up in Portland because I call it home and speak of it so fondly, but here’s a fun...
Are you the kind of person who gets motivated or un-motivated after a vacation? I’m a big believer in taking vacations as early and...
Hello from New York City! I got here last Thursday at 6:30AM, bleary from my red eye flight and dehydrated from a slight bout...
Hey guys! It’s my 29th birthday today! It’s scary to me that, although I’m turning 29, I still feel as nomadic and unsettled as...
Late last year, Nik told me that Filipino food is currently “having its moment”. I’m not sure I believe him, but I do see...
My senior year in college, I decided to procrastinate by making my friends Valentine’s Day cards. In plain view of the whole library, I...
A few weeks ago, Williams-Sonoma asked me to bake them a birthday cake for their founder, Chuck Williams. The occasion? His 100th birthday, which...