holiday recipe

chocolate cinnamon macarons

I’ve been a teensy bit obsessed with macarons for the last few weeks. Okay, there was nothing teensy about it. …

cinnamon dolce baked french toast

I feel like I talk about Starbucks a lot during the winter months. I can’t help it though. They come …

holiday margaritas

Cheers to the holiday season! The season of joy, giving, and imbibing in more cocktails than we probably should… under …

turkey with cornmeal dumplings

Raise your hand if you’ve got a metric crap-ton of left over turkey. Raise your hand if you can’t eat …

esquites (warm mexican street corn salad)

I don’t get to see my big sister very often, but when we do get together it’s like no time …

roasted fig and goat cheese crostini

So, this morning we had a little party in my kitchen. It started out innocently enough. I just invited these …

goat cheese and roasted pecan green bean gratin

Green Bean Casserole has always been one of my favorite seasonal foods. Hands down. And oh-hoh, how it’s evolved over …

roasted savory spiced pecans

These smoky, spicy roasted pecans are a winter month snack staple at our house. Wait, let me rephrase that. I …

chinese five spiced cranberry compote

See, I told you. 2012, my year of the cranberry. This aromatic version of a classic cranberry sauce was an …

winter blondies

Apparently 2012 is my ‘Year of the Cranberry.’ Until recently, I’ve never really had any interest in them. I guess …