The New Year; it can be motivating and exciting, but if you’re like me, you might also feel anxious returning to the reality of normal routine after a period of relaxed, indulgent days. It feels like there’s no choice but to leave the comforts of the season behind in order to be productive and balanced again – as if we can’t have both at once. But this all-or-nothing mentality is not fair logic.
Read MoreWhen I sense the craze of the holiday season, I find myself relying even more heavily on my favorite motto: "quality over quantity". That's where these unassuming cookies come into play. When it comes to holiday entertaining, cookies always please, and it's hard to beat a good chocolate chip cookie isn't it?
Read MoreThere are an abundance of apple orchards sharing field space with vineyards in the hills between our house and Lake Constance. The grapes have been harvested but the apple trees are sagging from the weight of all the ripe apples. We drove into these hills last weekend on a mission to find a farmhouse open and selling their apples, pears, and freshly-pressed cloudy apple cider. Not a hard mission. ;-) And what resulted from that trip was this crumble.
Read MoreHave you been enjoying the abundance of blackberries this month? How do you like to eat them? I'll add them to granola and cobblers, maybe even fold them into muffin batter from time to time. But did you know that blackberries are especially fond of chocolate? These two bring out only the best in each other, and they are one of my favorite summer flavor combinations.
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