I loved being pregnant. I was fortunate to have an easy pregnancy with Little Man. Every day I was in awe of how my body changed and became ...

Last night I made chicken picatta for dinner. I did not take a photo of it, so you'll have to use your imagination. But imagine it was h...

I always loved this door. It had great midcentury modern style and so perfectly fit with our little brick ranch house that was, naturally...

Hello. How was your long 4th of July weekend? I hope it was filled with fireworks, fun in the sun, and good food. That about sums up ours. ...

Once I finally got settled in our new kitchen , I was overcome with the serious urge to bake something. Anything. Preferably a cake or pie. ...

Let's talk strawberries for a moment, shall we? I'm rather smitten with berries of all sorts lately, but most especially strawber...

Yesterday I regaled you with the tale of why we had to update our kitchen. Today I'm going to show you what the new kitchen looks like....

For more than 5 years, this was my kitchen. When we moved to L-Town, I was still working for a custom publishing company in Des Moines an...

I love reading food blogs. If time allowed, I'd spend hours gazing at them. All those striking photos of decadent cakes, divine dinners,...

My first—and for the longest time only—experience with crepes came when My Parents would occasionally throw parties for their friends. Every...

Hello. Just wanted to let you know I'm here. I'm alive. I've been absent for a while, I know. I've been buried under t...

I have come to truly savor the moments when it is just the two of us. Cuddled on the couch with a book. Swaying back and forth in front of...

It's hard to believe it's been nearly a month since I quit eating wheat. Honestly, it has been a lot easier than I imagined—in large...

For a week and a half, we packed up the necessities in our house (which, I've discovered, is more than a carload of things when you have...

Remember a while ago when I talked about my comfort food-making spree? Well, along with meatloaf and mashed potatoes and quinoa and cheese...