One of the fun things about doing this blog with Linz is that we do not often coordinate our individual posts and they are a surprise even to each other. I am just as excited&hellip
Tagged By spring: food
Book Review: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
This is one of my all time favorite books! I want to make the book review posts a regular monthly series here on Sweet Athena and I thought AVM would be the perfect book to&hellip
Foodie Friday: Avocado-Lime Cream
For a fresh addition to your next batch of tacos, try this Avocado-Lime Cream. It’s part of a quick and zesty recipe for Ancho Chicken Tacos with Cilantro Slaw in the May issue of Cooking&hellip
Foodie Friday: The Brew
Hey there ladies and gents, Dale here, you all may know me as Lindsey’s husband. I’m here to talk about one of my favorite foods, beer. Recently I’ve joined the many individuals in the Portland&hellip
Sweet Athena Freebie! May Background
1024 x 768 / 1280 x 800 / 1440 x 900 / 1920 x 1200 / iPhone “What potent blood hath modest May.” – Ralph W. Emerson Oh, how I want to go on about&hellip
Happy Birthday, Sweet Athena!
This April marks an exciting moment in Sweet Athena history, it is the two year anniversary of our blog! To celebrate all the food and craft adventures Linz and I have experienced here, we decided&hellip
Foodie Saturday: Chocolate Mochi Cake
Though a certain work situation kept me from posting a “Foodie Friday” yesterday, I’m deciding to go ahead and share the recipe. Let’s call today “Foodie Saturday!” The inspiration for this dessert came from the&hellip
Foodie Friday: Candied Orange Peel
For this week’s Foodie Friday entry, I wanted to share with you the quick and simple glories of Candied Orange Peel. Impressive because of its beauty, this stuff can be thrown together with ingredients you&hellip
Foodie Friday: Poems
I’m going to do a little something different this Foodie Friday: no recipes, but we’re still going to have fun with food. How? With a couple of delicious poems. This first one is by one&hellip
I Should Have Known Better
This is how it started (in my head): “Sweet Athena is food-themed for Spring. Awesome. So I guess I should try out all of the food-related projects and recipes I’ve been bookmarking for years. That&hellip
Let’s Get Saucy: Honey Mustard
One of the best aspects of having a food-themed season here at Sweet Athena is the opportunity to talk “favorites.” While I’m a fan of experimenting with new things, there’s something special about trying out&hellip
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.