Peanut Butter Freezer Pie | Recipe

For the fourth of July I intended to make two apple pies, but once I started working on the pies I realized I didn’t actually have enough apples for two pies.  I still wanted to bring two pies so that meant I had to come up with a second one with what I had on […]

Chili Chocolate Brownies | Recipe

Not everything in life works out the way you expect and that’s ok.  It’s sometimes even a great thing that it doesn’t work out. I’ve hard a trying last two weeks but on the upside I came up with two really wonderful recipes as a result.  I will end up sharing both eventually but for […]

Swedish Cinnamon Knots | Recipe

I attribute my new found obsession with these to my sister and her au pair Valentina.  They are so so good, and not too sweet! The first time I made them I followed a recipe (loosely because I didn’t actually translate the measurements from grams to teaspoons and tablespoons) but this afternoon when Jules and […]

Color Science | Jewels & Lore

My profession is photographer and I love documenting special and significant moments in people’s lives, but I also really love being a mom and documenting those daily moments with my kids. This particular day my two little monkeys had been chanting that they wanted science projects, so I did my best to come up with some […]

Peanut Butter Jewel Cookies | Recipes

In case you weren’t aware my oldest daughter Jules (who is quite possibly the most precocious 3 year old you will ever meet) loves, and I mean LOVES baking. Every single game she plays is about cooking or baking.  I give her alphabet shapes and if I ask her what letter one is the response I […]