Hey friends❣️ I’m just popping in to share the season’s most popular desserts. And interestingly, they all happen to be cakes. Not a bad thing at all ~ they’ll carry us right into fall. Let me know if any of your favorites made the list! Raspberry Cake with Lemon Buttercream "I have never left a review on a recipe before. This. Cake. Is. So. Good. Just make it." ~Vanessa Lemon Olive Oil Cake "I shared it with my neighbors and they all went wild. Just delicious!" ~Fellina Mint Chocolate Chip...

Hey friends❣️ I get recipe ideas from all sorts of sources...friends, restaurants, old magazines...but surprisingly, not so much from cookbooks anymore. I have a library full of them, but I don’t seem to reach for them as often as I used to. One source of continual inspiration has been The New York Times. Their food style really resonates with me, probably because I was born and raised there, and I think our food DNA gets set pretty early. New York is definitely in mine. Today’s shrimp and...

Hey friends❣️ Happy Sunday! It happens at the end of every season, I start pumping out all the recipes that you neeeeeed to see before the big change comes and it's too late. It's hardest in summer, when peak tomatoes meet a wall of Halloween candy and all bets are off. But green tahini is actually a pretty perfect transition recipe. Yes, it’s made with masses of fresh green herbs, but it’s also made for slathering, dunking, and dipping all those fried and faux-fried foods that start sounding...