Parmesan Flatbreads

Parmesan Flatbreads

These parmesan flatbreads, inspired by Smitten Kitchen, are crispy crackers elevated with a little thyme and honey. Top with flaked salt for an extra crunch. They have very few ingredients and are SO quick and easy to make. In fact, this was the first recipe…

Lemon Ginger Tea

Lemon Ginger Tea

Winter is arriving late in Alabama this year and with it a myriad of lovely illnesses. People everywhere are hacking and sneezing and touching things with their germy hands. Yum! That’s when I know it’s time for this lemon ginger tea. It has tons of…

Honey Lavender Sweet Rolls

Honey Lavender Sweet Rolls

I decided to make these honey lavender sweet rolls when I was going through old posts and saw this beautiful memory with a lovely tangelo sweet roll recipe attached. We announced our first baby on the blog with that post, and I realized we never…

Creamy Broccoli Cheddar Soup

Creamy Broccoli Cheddar Soup

Some recipes are tried and true wonders of good, home cooking. This creamy broccoli cheddar soup is one of those. See the iterations written in various handwriting in a well-worn cookbook? See the page splattered with who-knows-what (but probably delicious) things throughout the years? That’s…

Pesto di mandorle e salvia

Pesto di mandorle e salvia

I had never encountered or even considered a world of pestos outside of basil until Fabrizia Lanza’s Coming Home to Sicily introduced us to what is perhaps my new favorite variety of pesto: almond and sage. This pesto di mandorle e salvia is a beautiful…

Grandmother Phillips’ Fried Okra

Grandmother Phillips’ Fried Okra

I remember my father’s paternal grandmother as a strong, Southern woman. She was a force. I only saw her on holidays but I will never forget her cooking, which we ate at home all throughout the year. She used to freeze her fresh-from-the-garden, hand-battered okra…

Buttery Pecan Pie + Announcements

Buttery Pecan Pie + Announcements

William and I have been away from the blog for several months now- but for good reason! We have moved back to Alabama and into a new home. Going from a tiny, city apartment to a house with a yard is a wonderful lesson in…

Homemade Mashed Potatoes + Vegetarian Brown Gravy

Homemade Mashed Potatoes + Vegetarian Brown Gravy

When serving vegetarians, people regularly try to make up for the fact that they are missing meat. Often, I will be served absurd quantities of side dishes- oh you don’t want the chicken, here you must need twenty rolls instead. Sometimes, it comes in the form of…

Tangelo Sweet Rolls

Tangelo Sweet Rolls

It has been a very long time since I lasted posted, and (unsurprisingly) a lot has happened. My husband and I are expecting our first child in October! It is a very exciting time for us, and the first trimester was a roller coaster of…

Winter Veggie Stew

Winter Veggie Stew

Apologies for the absence- a couple things have happened in the past month or so, including a wedding (yes, ours) and a honeymoon (also ours!). We are back to cooking and today we are pining for the long, lost seasons! In California everyone raves about…