Garlic Brown Butter Mashed Potatoes
I don’t need much of an excuse to whip up a side dish of buttery mashed potatoes. I love them and Marcus tears into them with both hands. But every once in a while, especially as we get into the …
Simple + Sweet Cranberry Sauce
I’m far from being a minimalist, but sometimes less is oh so much more. I find that a lot in cooking. Good ingredients can get absolutely buried under a lot of complicated spices and preparation methods, whereas if you have …
Maple Glazed Roasted Delicata Squash
Jump to Recipe! When Scott and I first moved in together, he had a lengthy list of foods he didn’t like. But as I discovered while overcoming my own childhood picky eating habits as a young adult, my husband didn’t …
Gruyere Scalloped Sweet-Potato Stacks
There’s not much I love than gathering a bunch of people around a table and sharing good food and fellowship together. We’ve got space for ten – maybe fourteen if we squish – at our table, and when I get …
Mom’s Deviled Eggs
There are many foods I will always find room for, no matter how much I’ve been eating or hosting. Deviled eggs are probably at the top of the list. We had a busy Memorial Day weekend, hosting friends and family …
Steamed Artichokes with Lemon Garlic Butter
My parents recently planted artichoke plants in the backyard. To my whole family, this is unreasonably exciting. We all went a little crazy at the prospect of fresh artichokes anytime. Which was puzzling to a lot of our friends. Which …
Apple Tartlets with Maple + Gorgonzola
Here’s cheers to what will probably be the first of many fall apple recipes around here, especially given how many apples we tend to pick on apple picking excursions – and the number of apples our neighbors, who have a …
Layered Crab Salad
I’m not a food snob, despite what some of my friends think when they find out I have an affinity for gourmet restaurants and I’ve had a food blog {or at least part time food blog} for almost seven years. …
Old Bay Broiled Lobster Nachos + Queso
Skillet nachos are a summer entertaining staple in our house. At pretty much every gathering, I’ll throw one of these pans, filled with chips, cheese, beans, and various other toppings, out on the table while we’re cooking up the rest …
Crab Cakes with Tomato + Corn Salsa
We’re celebrating summer in Virginia with these delicious Chesapeake crab cakes loaded up with fresh summer sweet corn and tomato salsa, the perfect meal for a balmy summer day! Good morning, friends, and happy Monday! There is such a thing, …