It’s been a rather long and crazy week at work, but I’m excited because I’m headed to Santa Barbara this weekend! I got invited to speak on a panel at my alma mater, Westmont College, to English majors about my career path after college. UNSOLICITED ADVICE FOR COLLEGE KIDS I’ve been mentally composing what I’m…
Casual Friday 10.5.18
BLOG MORE – WORRY LESS OK. So in my last post, I mentioned that I want to blog more and because of that, I want to expand this blog to cover more than just food and recipes. Ergo – this new content series – Casual Fridays. I’m excited to write more, to use this space…
6 Steps to Create the Perfect Fall Cheese Plate
I went into this post with one simple objective: make the prettiest and most appetizing cheese plate for fall. Did I succeed? I think so! I love the look of a totally overstocked cheese plate. It looks welcoming, delicious, appetizing, and complicated. When really, it’s super easy. In fact, I was thinking, as I was…
Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cake
For my husband Jon’s birthday last month, I decided to do it up and bake something special. Recently I’ve been in a baking rut — compounded by the fact that I’m now meticulously counting my calories and exercising. There hasn’t been a lot of room for creative and crazy baking. The bane of a food…
Berry White Chocolate Biscuits
The last few years on Valentine’s Day, I’ve been getting up early to make a fancy-ish breakfast. It’s a nice way to start the day, and who doesn’t feel loved when your significant other makes you food? I’m looking forward to this year’s dinner as well, as we’ve decided to stay home and cook. The…
Grandpa Leaf’s Swedish Spritz Cookies
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Since my last post in September, we traveled to Paris and we moved to San Jose, CA. So much can happen in just a couple months, and we’ve had quite a year of traveling, moving, running, and generally, being more active and busy than we had really…