Sunday, April 11, 2021 — Is there anything more comforting than a warm muffin? Okay, yes: there are melty, gooey chocolate chip cookies, fresh from the oven; plush, decadent weekday pancakes swimming in hot butter and rich maple syrup; soul-soothing peanut butter treats that is Mr. …

Wednesday, April 7, 2021 — I hope that the inspiration for this post will be sufficient explanation for its rather tardy nature; though I know nobody is keeping track, I try to post at least once a week but have rather let the past month get the better of me. Historically, I have not always…

Tuesday, March 30, 2021 — Not everyone is a morning person. Unfortunately for those people, I am comically attuned to the dawn, while 9 PM might as well be temporal kryptonite. “Why should that affect other people?” you might be rightfully wondering. I am frightfully forgetful of the fact that I am an early riser…

Thursday, March 25, 2021 — People need Saturdays. I’m not saying we should “live for the weekend” or anything drastic; I’ll be the first to admit relishing in a quiet Thursday evening spent on the couch with a good book and a mug of hot tea, but people need Saturdays. And Saturday doesn’t even have…

Tuesday, March 23, 2021 — I remember seeing a little mirrored sign once at an antique shop that read: Mirror, mirror, on the wall, Oh no — I am my mother after all! It made me chuckle at the time, and even now, I feel the truth of that sentiment whenever I hear myself espouse…

Thursday, March 18, 2021 — I am not a particularly competitive person, at least not in the traditional sense. I like to do well but don’t see why my success has to come at the cost of another person’s, and vice versa. Once, after my friend’s favorite team lost the Super Bowl, I had the…

Monday, March 15, 2021 — There has been altogether too much goodness going around recently. (Bet you didn’t expect to hear that in 2021, did you?) These past few months, I’ve been baking my way through a veritable cornucopia of bran-filled, fruit-laden, vegetarian, and otherwise healthy and wholesome recipes, and it’s been delicious. But last…

Thursday, March 11, 2021 — As we have already established, food can be transportive. A chilled piña colada can return us to our honeymoon, while chocolate cake makes children of us all — greedy and eager in that way only precocious five-year-olds can get away with and still be called charming. With one humble mug…

Saturday, March 06, 2021 — I love a good themed bake. Like wine pairing, there’s something so sophisticated-feeling about choosing a dessert that compliments your dinner. …