Apple picking season has begun and I wrote a guide about it for Conde Nast Traveler - where to go, what to pick and a super easy apple pie recipe. We went apple picking a couple of weeks ago and hope to make it again soon. My two favorite farms in Washington are Bellewood and ...
I posted this photo on instagram over the weekend and the response was unanimous - "we want to know what is in there". Essentially. I never think of sharing recipes like these because they are so simple. No-recipe recipe. I just take whatever I have in the refrigerator and stack it on toasted bread. I ...
I like to keep frozen pastry dough in the freezer for when I am in a pinch for dessert. Make a large batch of dough, divide it into disks and freeze for a later day. There is always room for tart when you have dough in the freezer. Take it out of the freezer into ...
This past Sunday, I bought the first organic, locally-grown strawberries. Teeny tiny strawberries that reminded me of the mara des bois we had in France. "They are grown for flavor, not looks", the grower said to me justifying their small stature and amorphous shape. I didn't need any explanations, really. I could smell them from ...
Life seems to be moving fast these days. In the last year, the busy-ness (which by the way... I heavily dislike to even admit that word) has really made me explore phone photography. It is a double sword this iPhone photography... ... part laziness, part portability, part swiftness. Instagram has really been an important platform for ...