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…
ICE CREAM! ICE CREAM!! ICE CREAM!!! These are the days, my friends. These are them! It’s been my great pleasure to bring you premium ice cream content for the past decade but this year… well, I’ve yet to take out my ice cream maker for the season. In year’s past we’ve done really cool things…
Hello my friends! Can you believe that these gorgeous hibiscus flowers bloom for one day, bring all of their shine and beauty, and then wilt the next? All that effort and beauty for one day. It’s incredible. It blows my mind every time I see these flowers. It inspires me to make the most of…
Hello friends! It’s that time of year again! Time to make our Summer Bucket List! BUCKET LIST buck•et list (noun): a number of experiences or achievements that a person hopes to have accomplished during their lifetime. Also, a 2007 comedic film featuring Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson. SUMMER BUCKET LIST sum•mer buck•et list (noun):…
Something happened last week back home in New Orleans. I realized I am far more thirsty than I am hungry which means that summer is here (and it is unrelenting) and it’s now time to swap food for various forms of liquid. I’m entertaining smoothies. I’m here for cold coffee. I’m here for summer water…
Hello friends. I’m back. We’re back. We’re in it! Summer snuck right up at me the last few weeks. I spent a few good days in Toronto recently and wow TORONTO – you’re wonderful. Such nice people. Such good food. Such chic restaurants. I’m smitten. I’ve got a boatload of Joy the Baker plans…
Forget the medicine cabinet – I really love a good snoop around someone’s refrigerator. You can really learn a lot about a person in knowing how many different kinds of mustards they have tucked away on the condiment shelf. I have between four and seven different types at any given moment along with at least…
Hello dear friends! Welcome to another fine Sunday! When I started writing this very post the ‘T’ key on my laptop keyboard was not working (even with light touches and full on smashing). I couldn’t coax a T to save my life. I took to google, watched a video or two, removed the key and…
Gosh – if you’d told me ten years ago that I’d be putting the words ‘cauliflower’ and ‘milkshake’ in the same recipe title I would have told you you’d lost your mind. And yet here we are – working cauliflower into a dang milkshake. The thing is, I think you trust me. I’ve given you…
Friends hello! I’ve been traveling for the past week and I can’t be too sure about what day it is. I’m sure that it’s not Sunday and for that I apologize. I’ll share my travels soon, but please take in this picture of baklava and the offering of links below. It’s officially June which means…
Hello dear friends! I’m not going to say this meal is perfect – that’s a big sentiment. The thing is though – it’s not not perfect. Chicken and Waffles is a tale as old as time. A tale as old as sweet and savory. A tale as old as carbs and fried. A tale as…
Hello friends! Today’s Sunday post is a bit different. I turned 38 this weekend and each new year has me feeling reflective of years past. I stood in my closet yesterday, suddenly deep in my thoughts, staring blankly at a few cotton dresses I might throw on when I thought – wait… did I make…
I had a house full of people this week and I pulled deep into my reserves of ‘what can I make in about 15 minutes ‘ recipes. There are blueberry scones that I can make in a snap, if I don’t get too distracted and forget to add the sugar. They’re versatile enough to be…
Hello friends, It’s late Saturday and I’ve, oddly enough, found a cozy spot in my closet to write today’s Sunday post. All is well (right?) and there’s a coziness being surrounded by sweaters and aprons. Also… it’s a small walk-in closet so things aren’t as dramatic as they sound over here. All of my energy…
Here I am, yet again, making a case for carbs – the pasta kind of carbs, for breakfast. The hidden truth is that this pasta dish has an equal amount of Brussels sprouts. One part pasta / one part sprout. I like those proportions and I like those odds. And, in the year of our…
Hello and Happy Sunday my friends! I’m in Los Angeles helping my parents celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary! This picture sums up my dad giving my mom a little bit of a hard time and my mom ignoring / laughing about it. If that isn’t the secret to a long and happy marriage then what…
Rhubarb season is elusive here in New Orleans, but it’s here… I think. It’s here insofar as the cashier at Whole Foods wants to call rhubarb ‘red celery’ which is fully fine by me because she’s not wrong but not fully correct all at once. I feel like I’ve indulgently enjoyed more than my fair…
Hello friends! Welcome to another fine Sunday! I’ve been thinking this week about a few things – mostly cults and pies. I started the week by listening to a podcast about a recent cult (that podcast linked below), and it really got me thinking about if I have the sort of brain that could every…
Hello my dears! A few weeks ago I shared some of the meals that I’m making for myself in the kitchen these days. Meals that include more whole foods… though honestly I think the term ‘whole foods’ is kinda buzzy and I’ve always eaten whole foods along with the occasional NOT whole food(?). Human, you…
My life is a series of leftovers. Every day I put the skillet on the stovetop and hustle something cold out of the fridge to fry in the skillet with an egg or a handful of greens. 8 times out of 10 that leftover is a bean of some sort…. listen, it’s all romance here…
Hello dear friends, We’re well into the best day of the week and I hope you’re feeling sunny. I had a quick flu this week. Is that a thing? It sure knocked me down on the couch for one full day, but my goodness I clawed my way up and out by the end of…
Hello my friends! I’m back atcha with another reading list! I always have a book in my big purse these days in an effort to spend less time on my phone when I find myself with a few minutes. It totally works. If you’ve got a good read, it trumps Instagram by a mile. This…
There have been a lot of savory meals coming out of my kitchen lately. Beans, like… an alarming amount of beans since I discovered how easy they are to make in an Instapot. I’ve also been making what I lovingly refer to as Fridge Salads. Salads that are strong enough to sit in the fridge…
Hello friends! This week I’ve had the incredible fortune to have an adult lady sleepover with one of my baking heroes Erin Jeanne McDowell. Erin stayed with me at The Bakehouse and we really dove directly into talking about ghosts and astrology, refilled each other’s wine glasses, sharing plates of Chinese food, crying over Beyonce…
There’s not a lot I feel the need to fight about, but I’ll fight someone for the last deviled egg. And really – I’ll fight someone for the first deviled egg if I have to. By ‘fight’ I most definitely mean ‘dance battle’ because I’ve been working on my spinning floor moves for the last…
Friends, hello! It’s feeling a little buzzy around my house this week as I get ready for houseguests. The incomparable Erin McDowell is coming to stay a few days – dreams, really. We’re going to make pies (and see about Drake-ing them), teach a class of Easter breads, dye Easter eggs, and generally throw flour…
Hello friends! It’s been the most lovely week in New Orleans, mostly because the jasmine is in full bloom filling the air with the most delicious smell, the strawberries are showing off, and musical festival season has started. We’re feeling very fortunate. This time of year, New Orleans really shines her magic. I’ve committed to…
I’ve made hundreds HUNDREDS of recipes on my site over the last 11 (can you believe!?) years. They’re all my loves, most of them, really. Everything from the humble oatmeals to the fussy petit fours. It’s all for the cause – and the cause is getting us all in the kitchen. Some recipes stick in…
