It’s been 48 hours since my return from Los Cabos, Mexico. I spent a week lounging, reading, watching the waves and (occasionally) drinking a frozen margarita poolside on the south end of Baja California. Between swimming and reading I took pictures, lots of pictures. As usual, organizing them is the part that takes time [...]
If you’ve hung around me enough you will know that I’m never without a Clif bar. In my purse, in the car and when we’re traveling, in my carry-on bag. It is a habit I’ve picked up as a cyclist or more likely it’s as my husband says…I’m just “always hungry”. Clif bars are [...]
During a quick visit to Anthropologie last week I picked up a cookbook dedicated to vanilla recipes. Of the two camps, vanilla and chocolate, I have always been loyal to the latter but lately I’ve found myself craving vanilla flavors. I believe that part of my aversion to vanilla as a child was because [...]
The idea for these cranberry bars with a chocolate crust has been brewing for weeks. I’m part of a fun group of bloggers brought together by our love of chocolate. Each month we are challenged to pair chocolate with a special ingredient and this month, of course, it’s cranberries. When the November theme [...]
After five days of being home jet lag’s grip is finally weakening. I consider it a success to have resisted going to bed at 6 pm but rather, making it until 8 pm and not getting up until 6:30 this morning. As much as I missed cooking it took the better part of the [...]
