This season was difficult was for me to figure out what type of Craft Round Up I wanted to do. Should I feature some fun crafts that use food? Should I share my favorite food…
Season: Food
Bawlmer
I love to travel. Yet, I understand that traveling is a word that can mean something different to people. For me, it often means eating and a lot of it. Food is one of the…
Challenge: Blood Orange Rosemary Spritzer
Being pregnant, something I can’t smugly say is that I haven’t missed alcohol at all. I do. I especially miss how a fancy cocktail can make me feel all special and grown up. I’m not…
Foodie Friday: Mediterranean Bagels
They may not be the cutest things you have ever seen, but my first attempt at bagel making was a success! I followed the simple recipe by Sophisticated Gourmet. As a child I was all…
Guest Post: High Intrigue and Chocolate Drizzle: My Time in the Philippines
As this story will tell, Linz and I have known Andy for a long time. His delicious desserts lead me to dub him, ‘Andy “The Cheesecake Man” Boulton’ when we were 13. I can’t decide…
Food for your Face
Food is not just for consumption, packed with vitamins and minerals your skin can also benefit from all that nature has to offer. I decided to do a little experimenting in the kitchen and…
Foodie Friday: Bean Summer Salad
Summer weather has come a bit early to my “neck of the woods” (oh, Al Roker…you’ve infiltrated my brain when it comes to talking about weather.) With so much sunshine and heat, I’ve been extra…
Challenge: Pregnancy Food Craving
Happy Mother’s Day! While I’m not technically a mother yet, it seems fitting that Jess recently challenged me to make a dish of a food I’ve been craving while pregnant. Plus, I’m getting really close…
Challenge: Share a Fave Comfort Food
More than a favorite comfort food, I have a type of food I love above all others and that is Mexican food. I grew up in southern California where good Mexican food was everywhere. My…
Foodie Friday: Pasta, Pesto, and Peas
I’m out road trippin’ it this weekend around Pennsylvania and New York to see friends. Of course I’m hopeful that tasty food will be a big part of this time. Already my friend and I…
Summer No Bake Cookies
These are my go to cookies. When I need to bring something sweet to a potluck, a bake sale, or to make my cousin Shannon smile, this is the dessert I think of first. Why…
Challenge: “Adult” Grilled Cheese Sandwiches
Linz gave me the fun job this week of making an “adult” version of a favorite childhood dish of mine. Carbs and cheese always seems like a good place to start when thinking about meals…
Guest Post: Compassionate Eating
Four years ago when Linz and I started this blog I never would have guessed how it would look today or the variety of content we would publish here. I love that getting to have…
Challenge: Spiced Pancakes
This week, Jess challenged me to cook something that would make my house smell delicious. What a lovely task! Cinnamon was the first ingredient that came to mind while thinking about this challenge. I love…
Challenge: Savory Entree with Fruit
Linz: Make a savory entree that features fruit. Jess: This ended up proving to be quite the tricky dish for me to come up with. When I took some time to think about it, we…
Foodie Friday: Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cupcakes
I hosted a small dinner party recently with only one request from my guests: that I provide a dessert that involved both chocolate and peanut butter. I couldn’t say no to such a classic flavor…
Challenge: A Favorite Restaurant Dish
As Jess mentioned last week, we are giving our typical Q&A series a culinary twist with our Spring 2013 food-themed season. To kick us off, I first challenged Jess to make a new dish that features…
Foodie Friday: Salted Caramel Chocolate Cupcakes
In case you missed my guest post over at The Thinking Closet I thought I would share it here too. Enjoy! Lauren mentioned that she thought she had lots of readers that were busy…
Challenge: Give Your Favorite Veggie More Love
While Linz and I have been living in other parts of the country we have enjoyed adding a letter series to the blog. With fashion we were able to help each other out with a…
Foodie Friday: Coconut Rice Pudding
I’m a fool for rice pudding, which is something I never really thought I would say. As a kid, I always thought tapioca pudding was disgusting mostly due to its texture. Someone might have told…
jess + linz
Friends since middle school, we continue to inspire each other to be creative in our big, adult lives. Each season we take on a new theme to guide our crafting, cooking, and creating. We're up for trying anything, and things are bound to get messy. But that's just the way we like it.