You may have noticed that the blog, and the podcast for that matter, have been very quiet lately. I'm not too sure exactly how it happened, but somehow I unintentionally took the last year-and-a-bit as what I am now viewing as a self-care and realignment time. I just couldn't bring myself to write. I couldn't bring myself to share what I had been making. I honestly wasn't working on too much, and maybe that was a part of the reason I didn't have much to write about. I read a

Welcome to Part 2 of the "How To Cook" series! If you missed the first post, you can find it here. This second post is all about the supplies you will need to set up your kitchen for success! Below you will find the basics needed, along with links to examples of these items. A note on the links: I think it's always best to support your local community by buying your kitchen items from a locally-owned store like a hardware store or a local kitchen supply store, but I understan

This series is for those of you who who don't know how to cook (and those of you who do know how to cook, but maybe would like an easy reference for those 101 skills). Maybe you've been inspired to try to cook something after watching a cooking video, only to glance into your kitchen and see your countertops full of mail and empty cupboards. I understand the overwhelm. It seems like all the recipes, cooking videos on facebook, or shows on food network assume that you already