side effects could include involuntary drooling, cuisinart abuse, foraging, tummy rumbling, obsessive spice sprinkling, weight gain, and food coma

there are just soooo many mouth-watering, finger-licking, nibble-icious blogs out there!  how to choose…  well, if you are anything like me, you just hit them all.  here are a few of my very favorite sites for all things culinary and yum.

cookie + kate

delicious days

hungry ghost

roost

lemon fire brigade

running with tweezers

the forest feast

not without salt

spoon fork bacon

manger

do you have favorite food blogs?  do share.  you can never have enough…

p.s. a big thank you to my devoted research assistant, ben.  most of these came from his personal blog collection.  mwah!

oui s’il vous plaît

lately, i have been feeling all things french.  simple and lovely decor with a hint of opulence.  interesting patterns.  classic style.  soft and sweet scents.  a petit and bold espresso to start the morning.  a nice glass of red at the end of the day.  simple and sophisticated recipes…with lots of herbs and vegetables and of course, butter.  and did i mention pastries and bread and cheese?  yum.

so imagine my happiness when i was able to feed my desire for french frou frou by participating in a french cooking class with a few gals this past weekend.  complete with mother sauce and tarte tatin.  scrumptious.  recipes and plate snapshots will be shared here soon.  {my hubby is kind of dying to taste all the dishes so i need to get on that}  and i am thinking that i will serve these little guys as the perfect opening number…

radishes

image and recipe from the delightful and brilliant erin gleeson and the forest feast blog.

simple and delicious.  quintessential french.  and butter.  oh, the butter. 

just do it • is it in you • i’m loving it

jdi3

hiking

before it becomes all blistering and oven-like around here, i want to take advantage of the splendor of the desert and spend some time enjoying the scenery of the trail.

iiiy3

olive oil cake from the forest feast

i am most definitely going to find an excuse to make this.  a sunday afternoon is a good enough reason, right?  right.

ili3

a dark accent wall

you’ve done it again, design*sponge.  i need to do this.  love the clean contrast,