I’ve lived in New Orleans long enough now that I have a jar of fry oil stored in my refrigerator for emergencies that require beignets. Oh… some emergencies require beignets. I know that now. I also have a respectable amount of powdered sugar in the pantry and a hurricane kit in the office so… I’m…
I’ve been thinking a lot about habits. Since I’ve had more than a just few days back home in New Orleans I’ve settled quite nicely back into the routine. Routine. It’s been both comforting and illuminating. Like… there’s definitely parts of my morning routine that aren’t serving me (clicking onto Instagram within 30 seconds of…
Hello my friends! A few days ago on Instagram I posted a picture of me, at home in New Orleans, in a sweater, in full-on 90 degree weather. I’m trying my best to will cozy, chilly weather upon us. I’m not the only one. So many of you responded that you’re doing the same: making…
Hello friends! I’m back home in New Orleans from Dublin where it is still somehow 90 degrees with no signs of it being anything less. Dublin was such a lovely, albeit too short a time. Everyone is so kind, the hills are so green, the sheep are so round, and the croissants at Bread41 are…
Hello my dears. Welcome to your Sunday. Or your Monday. Welcome to it, wherever this finds you. I spent the week in Los Angeles celebrating my dad’s 70th birthday (he’ll always be 45 to me) and hustling around town taking meeting about a project that may or may not see the light of day. Sometimes you’ve…
I stay prepared, big and small. I’m prepared for tomorrow’s day of work. I mean… insofar as I have a bra and a pair of jeans set out on my bedroom chair. I’m prepared for my hungry hungry cat with extra bags of food. I’m prepared for my travel schedule with my passport and this…
Hello friends. Welcome to another fine Sunday. Yesterday a friend brought this tweet to my attention: @dadman_walking: 1980s parents DGAF. I broke my arm at a friend’s house when I was 5 and my mom didn’t believe me and shoved it in my coat because it was time to go home and she didn’t have…
Here’s the thing. There’s no time to waste. We’re here. We’re here and we’re making our own dreams come true. We’re not waiting. From here on out – we’re just going for it. I’ve been at it for a few years now. Doggedly. Rather unapologetically. I bought a house. I made it a Bakehouse. This…
Hello friends. Happy Sunday! Wow you really came through for me this week. The comments you left on the Here’s What We Know post were staggering, generous, and so beautiful. Thank you! If you have a moment or two after you browse through the Sunday links, head over and read through the comments on the…
Every Saturday… well, most Saturday nights, I settle in to write the Let It Be Sunday post for you. It’s my favorite time of the week when I let a quiet settle over my mind and catch up on the million and three tabs I have open in my browser. A few hours usually take…
I made my favorite early autumn pie. I’m pretty confident it will be your favorite too. Here’s the vibe: a creamy pie with the spice and tang of ginger, a kick of rum, the brightness of lime, the bitterness of dark chocolate, and the nuttiness of toasty pecan in a brilliant nut crust and candied…
Friend friends, hello! I’m seeing messages everywhere that summer is over but I’ll tell you what – these tomatoes are telling us otherwise. Sure, our summer days are nearing a close but I’m set on enjoying as many tomatoes, peaches, and plums as the market will allow. I’m just back from a summer on the…
Hello friends, I have a peach cake recipe burning a hole in my pocket. It’s a doozy of a blog post and every time I sit down to write it, sleep coaxes me closer. It doesn’t help that each time I sit down to finish the post I’m either already in bed or on an…
Hello friends! It’s Saturday night and I’m already fighting the Sunday Scaries. What are your tactics for avoiding the start-of-week dread? I spent part of the day today laying on a bench staring at the sky slowly reading Geek Love, which is so odd and maybe wonderful that it makes stressing much else nearly impossible. …
We’re slowly approaching the weekend though yesterday I was certain I had already made it to Friday. I hadn’t. I had only made it to Wednesday… the longest day of the week. It’s been a doozy of a week already, wouldn’t you say? A doozy of a day can sneak up on you in August…
Hello dears! How are you today? It’s ok if you don’t know the answer yet. I’m in San Francisco for a petit weekend hosting a Bakehouse-style workshop with my friends at Farmgirl Flowers. There’s been more cake than any other weekend in recent history (which really is saying a lot). I’m trying to sneak in…
The internet is home to some 8,467,326 recipes for chocolate chip cookies. How many of them do we actually need? I would argue, most of them. We need options! We might want to pan-bang our chocolate chunk cookies, maybe a super chewy cream cheese chocolate chip cookie. We definitely need a trusted browned butter version. This…
Hello friends! We’ve made it here together! I’ve been in The Bakehouse kitchen this week testing recipes for the site (so much cake!) and recipes for a big writing project I get to share with you this fall. I thought I knew chocolate chip cookies (and I do) but I tested my little heart out…
Here’s how we’re drinking red wine this summer: with orange soda and ice. I first had this easy-drinking red wine cocktail years ago in Austin, Texas at the Hotel San Jose. Now every time the deepest summer days rolls around and the hot wind loses a bit of its humidity, I find myself craving this…
Hello friends, happy Sunday! We made it to this sweet sweet day. This week I’ve been trying my best to move blocks out of my way. Obstacles in travel, challenges in relationships, blocks in writing. I’m acknowledging them and with my mind’s eye, literally pushing the unwanted stuff aside. The visualization hasn’t made things perfect…
I want a cookie, but make it breakfast. I’m thinking a little chocolate something with the second cup of coffee I know I don’t need (but I’m going to have anyway). I’m hoping for a little snack distraction with an afternoon cup of tea while I think about what to make for dinner. The answer…
Hello my dears! Another steamy Sunday, welcome to it! I spent this week home in New Orleans, watering and talking to my outdoor plants and watering and talking to my indoor cat. This weekend I’ve been in Austin Texas learning the art of pretzel making from the head dough-pincher at Easy Tiger. And while I…
One of the reasons I pop into the kitchen nearly every day is to create or recreate a memory. I feel like… standing over the stove, I can bring back to life a meal, not just in taste, but in feeling, too… like I can feel the heart and laughter inside the food. It might…
Hello my dears! Happy Sunday! Welcome to another – aren’t we fortunate? I’ve spent the last few days in Pawhuska Oklahoma with Ree, The Pioneer Woman. We’re old friends since we were among a handful of other people blogging our little hearts out in 2008. She’s such a dear, and such a big deal now,…
Hello friends! I’m sneaking in with a baking project for your weekend. A baking project that you might also consider meal planning for your week (because who doesn’t want a warm muesli muffin every morning of the week) . A baking project that could keep you indoors in the air conditioning for the hottest part…
Hello dear friends! I hope this finds you fully steeped in this holiday weekend. The days feel a little sideways but that’s the nature of a Thursday holiday. I spent the entire week at home in New Orleans which, for some reason, feels like it hasn’t happened in a while and feels like an absolute…
