Savoring life in the Berkshires
I spent the last 2 weeks on a (mostly) amazing family vacation. Brian and I traveled to my in-laws in North Carolina, dropped off our kiddo, then spent 3 nights in Asheville exploring and eating. Following our return to our child, we spent a full week at the beach with nearly all of Brian’s family….
Happy July! I hope your summer is off to a great start and — maybe — has some time available for baking! I’m excited to share with you this month’s Relishments Bakes challenge. If you need a reminder of how Relishments Bakes works, check out this page for all the details! Relishments Bakes – July This month,…
I cannot recall a baking project that has left me with as much of a sense of accomplishment as June’s cheesecake Relishments Bakes project. Though the challenge was totally open to simpler recipes featuring cheesecake, I wanted to be as traditional as possible. I opted to go with Smitten Kitchen’s New York Cheesecake, which looked…
Summer is finally here, both on the calendar and in practice. School ended last week, but the rest of the week was so busy it didn’t feel like a break at all. But as of today, I’ve begun to get some rest. In my case, that means getting to some of the tasks I’ve been…
Finally, it’s CSA pick up time again. This spring wasn’t as difficult as I sometimes find the “off-season”, but I’m still excited to be back in the swing of picking up produce and planning my menu around it. And, of course, eating more vegetables by necessity! The plan this week is pretty basic, a function…
This post is 10 days late. In the past month, I’ve started and finished a graduate level course I had a year to do, experienced the death of my chest freezer, finished up the fourth quarter at school, had the world’s worst cold, attended graduation at my school, helped plan a student awards night, spoke…
For the record, I did make this May’s Relishments Bakes recipe last month. Pretty early in the month, which turned out to be a good thing considering the way the rest of May went. Not badly, per se, just very busy and full of somewhat unexpected events. So, as I so wisely anticipated, I only…
It’s May 12. This morning, it was 40 degrees around 9 am. Yesterday was the first sunny day in what felt like forever and the forecast is full of rain for the future. It feels more like the middle of fall than the middle of spring. Regardless, the end of school is approaching and summer…
