Store-Bought Is Fine

It’s officially fall, so we’re breaking into the pumpkin desserts!

I have yet to make a dish from Ella Quittner’s Obsessed with the Best that wasn’t phenomenal, and her Teeny Tiny Meatballs were no exception!

There’s been a little chill in the air, and while I’m sad to see summer in the rearview mirror, I couldn’t be happier that soup, stew, and curry season is beginning!

This fall, I don’t think apple picking is in the cards for us!

Every new Ina Garten book gets a release day recipe and for Cook Like A Pro it was Chicken Thighs with Creamy Mustard Sauce – a dish that instantly was added to the regular rotation.

Updated September 2026 Egg-in-a-hole goes by many names: bird-in-the-nest, the breakfast Olympia Dukakis makes for Cher in Moonstruck, or, as one follower’s son calls it, “good day eggs,” because you can’t have a bad day when you’ve had one for breakfast.

One of my favorite spots in Portland is Mr.

It’s here!!!

Who doesn’t love a snacking cake?

For the final monthly recipe challenge celebrating 10 years since I started this account, I attempted a recipe I’ve always been intrigued by: The Woks of Life’s Soup Dumplings (Xiaolongbao).

Ina Garten’s Soppressata & Cheese in Puff Pastry has been in my regular rotation for 10+ years at this point!

August tricked me again this year.

Nok Suntaranon can do no wrong in my book.

Several years ago, my friend and I were invited to the opening of Planta Queen in NoMad, and the dish that’s lived rent-free in my head ever since was a sweet corn ravioli in tom yum sauce with a chimichurri drizzle.

Wishing a very Happy Beyoncé Birthday to all who celebrate!

I dream about being the type of cook who wanders through a farmers market, gets inspired by whatever is in season, and runs home to make something simple and delicious without consulting a single recipe.

Our friends Annie and Ron hosted a little brunch this past weekend, and I knew I wanted to make a dessert starring some delicious late-summer fruit.

Eric Kim’s Oi Sobagi (stuffed cucumber kimchi) has one of my favorite headnotes in Korean American – in it he describes having to translate his mom’s onomatopoeia-based directions (like song-song-song-song, the sound of scallions being sliced) into an act…

When my paternal grandfather, the postmaster in a small town in Ohio in the ‘60s, spotted a red velvet cake recipe in a magazine at work, I doubt he imagined that nearly 60 years later it would have reached legendary status among our family and anyone else

Berries have always been my absolute favorite category of fruit, and Ina seems to be pretty fond of them, too!