Can you tell that moms have been on my mind lately? With the passing of my mom, and now that I'm a mother myself, I've just been thi...

When I was little I was in a bowling league. I was terrible, yet it was still probably the peak of my athleticism (I apparently did not t...

It's the beginning of citrus season and the end of persimmon season, and after seeing a recipe for an olive oil cake with marmalade...

Things have been pretty busy round these parts now that I've started working part time in addition to my regular full time job. But h...

Nate had one request for our Thanksgiving menu: Persimmon Pie. Our first encounter with this starchy, sweet fruit was on a walk last ...

OH. MY. GOD. These are amazing. 

October 3rd was "National Boyfriend Day." Though my first thought was "HARRUMPPHH EVERY DAY IS NATIONAL BOYFRIEND DAY,...

I love beets, and I had this image in my mind of a beautiful, fuschia beet cupcake, topped by fluffy white cream cheese frosting.

Fig season is at hand! I've been wanting to buy figs for awhile now but the price tag (usually at least $5 for a basket) kept me a...

Nate has a sweet tooth. A horrible, horrible sweet tooth. Personally I try to refrain from eating a lot of sweets (I would choose che...

Looking for a creative way to reuse leftover rice, I remembered a sweet coconut rice dessert my Indonesian 4th grade teacher brought to...