If I could describe Italian olive oil cake in one word, it would hands down be: luxurious. Olive oil cake is no more or less complicated than any old regular cake, but it truly tastes like a special treat. Italian olive oil cake is richer, […]

So, if you have Netflix and are even remotely interested in eating or cooking food, I’m guessing you’re very familiar with the series Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat. It’s the Netflix series that follows the same format as the cookbook from Samin Nosrat that focuses on […]

Hi, friends! One year ago today I hit publish on a website I’d been talking about for a long time and officially started into this food blogging journey. I shared a recipe for Rosemary Blue Cheese Scones with Walnuts & Pancetta. I was insanely nervous […]

We can thank the French for a lot of wonderful culinary things – the baguette, steak frites, vin chaud, French onion soup, alllll the fromage, croissants, the list goes on and on. And somewhere up on that list is the gratin. Anything gratinée, or au gratin […]

I’m having a little bit of a love affair with winter citrus lately and in particular blood oranges. I just can’t resist the jewel toned beauties, and I’ve been lately eyeing some stunning blood orange desserts on Pinterest. Blood orange loaf cake, blood orange cheesecake, […]

We’ve already talked about how much I love store bought puff pastry for its short cutting ways in the kitchen.  And I’d like you to know I feel very much the same way about store bought rotisserie chicken.  I’m unashamed to admit that I can’t […]

As far as entertaining goes, I’m going to contest there is literally nothing more crowd pleasing than melty cheese with some sort of dipping mechanism.  Tell me about your favorite appetizers – they almost all have melted cheese in them in some fashion. One of […]

Can we all take a moment to agree that store bought puff pastry is one of the best baking shortcuts you can have as a home cook?  It’s my secret weapon for both appetizers and desserts, and it’s the main reason why these lovely sweetly […]

Okay, before you skip over this post because soufflés sound hard or because carrot soufflé sounds weird let me tell you two things. One, this is not a real soufflé.  There’s no beating egg whites into oblivion and worrying about the rise and fall of your end […]

Note:  I originally published this Persimmon and Camembert Galette on May 7th 2018, but since it’s persimmon season now I’ve been busy recipe testing and have an updated version to share.  Hope you enjoy! I never have been much of a baker – I find that […]

Ahh, fall cooking.  I’m ready for it.  It stays hot very late into the season down here in Nashville, so I’m not quite ready for full on pumpkin pies and hot apple cider.  This parmesan pumpkin beer bread, however is the perfect thing to ease […]

My friends and I were recently planning a 30th birthday dinner for one of our other friends.  We were planning out the menu and debating what we should have for dessert.  Three nights before the party I told my friend I found fresh figs at […]