Ryan and I recently signed up for a local CSA (community supported agriculture) and I kid you not, I was like a little kid at Christma...

If you haven't noticed, I've been a very into making my own drinks and syrups lately. Recently, I made yet another syrup - rhubarb...

First and foremost, Happy Easter to all you folk out there! I hope you have had a glorious day! I am thankful I was able to spend today wit...

I went to the store for 3 lemons, and came home with 15.  Turns out buying an entire bag is waaaay cheaper than buying just three.  So this...

The newest member of the family is here - wooooo!!!  My sister gave birth a week ago to this beautiful new girl, my new niece, Hannah.  Doe...

Well, Fuji apples were on super sale here in California this past weekend so I bought 5 pounds with hopes of either baking or canning with ...

I recently acquired Home Dairy , a   fabulous book all about how to make yoru own dairy products ranging from cheese to sour cream.  Let me...

If you haven't noticed, I love baking.  One of the things I don't enjoy about baking sometimes is the price of the ingredients, ...

Saturday was spent doing a marathon of Christmas cookie baking with my sister. We made chocolate peanut butter balls, pecan tassies, and the...

Ryan gave me Deceptively Delicous by Jessica Seinfeild for my birthday last week and ever since I've been testing out a few of the reci...

Yes, carrot pickles. After living in Japan and eating pickled veggies with practically every meal, I've recently started to miss it....

Jam. I’m currently in a jamming/canning phase. I’ve only made two batches so far, but I dream about all sorts of things to jam and c...