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A rare treat.
Friends! These last few weeks have been a whirlwind of my final round of field sampling preceded by a wonderful family vacation. Things are finally settling down now, and I’m excited to relax a bit...
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With no frills.
I baked this cake nearly two months ago, but it was too good not to share it here. It’s flavor (and color!) is more autumn appropriate, anyway. Right in the middle of my second round of field...
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A little road trip.
So…fall semester was a shitshow, and the guy and I were pretty excited to spend the holidays in New Mexico once it was all over. While we were down there, we took a couple of days for ourselves and...
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Breaking in and blazing trails.
As we head into a weekend that will apparently be sans-snow (sorry, Mid-Atlantic!), I wanted to share our outing last weekend after 5 inches fell. We’ve got a nice network of trails behind our house...
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It started with this.
When winter rears it’s ugly head, it’s time to hunker down inside and tuck into big, hearty bowls of soups and stews to keep warm. I made this New Mexican lamb chili in our first few weeks back from...
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Four pieces of fruit.
Ah, the humble persimmon. Winter’s apricot, as I described it to the guy. I bought a few of them on a whim at the grocery store, and when I realized I had just dropped $15 on four pieces of fruit, I...
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Everything was clear.
Last weekend was a big one for me, friends. (The weekend before last was too–I got to hang out with Emma and Eli! There was hiking, biking, beer, oysters, cake, pro surfing on the internets, and...
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New Orleans.
We’ve been back for well over a month, but I have to tell you: we went to New Orleans. We had the best time. When we get out and travel together, I’m always so grateful that this is my life and I’ve...
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Stretching our legs.
This summer will be the first in our nearly seven years together that the guy and I will be in the same place. For our first few summers together, he had fieldwork away. Then we moved, and I had...
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What the hype was about.
There were a slew of tahini-laced sweets in my blog feed a few weeks back, and I was intrigued. Tahini is typically something I avoid because it’s crazy expensive and tastes unpleasant, but as I found...
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