merry & bright

  Last Sunday I wanted to bake a cake. I’ve had this idea bouncing around in my head for a few days, since my sister mentioned it. Pumpkin and coffee and spice, like that famous latte. I...

In a little under a month, my first cookbook will be on book shelves. Actual book shelves in actual bookstores. I can’t say how crazy that is to me. This book, filled with recipes created in my...

              Hi! Remember me? The girl who used to blog round these parts? I'm sneaking in with a few photos and a recipe for something tasty and to say hi. Hi!...

  A day out in the woods with friends is one well spent.

It seems to me that winter gives you the space to be melancholy. More than any other season. Maybe it's all the darkness, these short days. The sadness moves in and sits under the...

   Spring is here full force in the south, glorious and green. I'm making the most of the bounty it brings by standing over my stove and making far too much...

And then I dropped the tart on the floor. And I laughed, because really, what else can you do? But let me back up. I’m a morning person. I can see that look you're giving me right now. A...

When I sat down at my kitchen table one night in November of 2008 and started honey & jam, I had no idea what I was doing. I was a directionless 18 year old in need of a creative outlet....

"Let everything happen to you: beauty and terror. Just keep going. No feeling is final." Rainer Maria Rilke This process, the one of growing up, it's hard. You don't know...

Merry Christmas, friends. I'll see you in the new year with lots of new recipes to share. PS, head over to terrain to see my favorite mulled wine recipe. Perfect for your Christmas Eve.

I consider myself lucky to live in the place I do. I'm surrounded by beauty - mountains, rivers, trees and good, generous people. There's an apple orchard not too far down the road, and when I...