maybe it has been the ridiculously cold and late snowy and rainy weather we’ve been having in west michigan that has me craving something citrusy and tart and something anything that reminds me of summer. i have never been in to lemon but within the past few years i’ve really appreciated the “palate cleansing” properties […]

i friggin love coffee cake. i love biscotti, i love bundt cake and i love coffee cake. i also love magazines. wait what? i’m a cooking/baking/seasonal magazine hoarder. i love the big beautiful pictures and the glossy pages. loooooooove them. i was so geeked when i saw that King Arthur Flour came out with yet […]

this recipe is a result of a discontinued juice cleanse, not wanting to go to the grocery store on easter and not being in the mood to bake. usually when i try to bake under these harsh circumstances.. it doesn’t turn out. i firmly believe that when you bake you have to do so with […]

i cheated on valentines day. no no not on joe duh, on my diet. but just a little bit. and just a little bit for a little bit of this cake. this cake…. is not like any other cake. this cake is like pure heaven. it’s everything i want in a cake. not as rich […]

Nothing sounds better on a chilly fall night than brown butter butternut pasta. It’s rich, creamy and best of all simple. I created this dish when we needed a quick dinner for two. Trust me browning the butter is worth the extra step and brings out the deep nutty flavor of the vegetables. To gather […]

There is nothing better than finishing my first round at a flea market and sitting on the tailgate of my truck with my picnic lunch before heading back in for round two to make sure that there is not anything that I missed. One of my favorite go to sandwiches is this zucchini ricotta sandwich. […]

so this confetti cake was a very happy accident. i was trying to make a beautiful layer cake from my momofoku milk bar cookbook until i set the pan down too hard and the cake crumbled. sigh. face palm. so i thought wwpd. what would phyllis (my grandma) do. she would make lemonade from lemons…. […]

I have been trying to squeeze in time to work on my photography skill and have been taking the time to go back and rephotograph some of the older recipes on this blog. Test them out and see how they still hold up. I have been craving  a nice fluffy cake lately so it seemed […]