Mexican Street Corn Pasta Salad (The BBQ Side Dish Everyone Begs For) Everyone keeps asking me to bring this to potlucks, so here goes nothing. I’m basically the “mexican street corn pasta salad person” now at every summer gathering, which…
Taco Soup (The Recipe That Saved My Weeknights) Why is it so hard to find a decent taco soup recipe that doesn’t require like forty-seven ingredients or some obscure spice I’ve never heard of? I spent three weeks trying different…
Italian Cream Soda (The Drink That Changed My Summer) Everyone keeps asking how I make these, so here goes nothing. I discovered italian cream soda by accident at this tiny coffee shop in Portland last summer—or was it Seattle? Honestly…
Strawberry Dirty Sprite (My Accidental TikTok Obsession) Okay, so I need to confess something. I saw this strawberry dirty sprite thing on TikTok at like 2 AM when I couldn’t sleep, and I immediately went downstairs and made one. In…
Best Mince Pies Recipe (That Finally Worked After Five Years of Trying) Look, I’m gonna be honest with you. I avoided making mince pies for years because I thought they were too complicated and, honestly, I wasn’t even sure I liked them. Then my British friend…
Chocolate Thumbprint Cookies (That I Almost Gave Up On) Okay, so here’s the thing. I’ve made these chocolate thumbprint cookies approximately seventeen times in the past month. Why? Because the first twelve attempts were… let’s just say not Pinterest-worthy. But…
Everyone keeps asking me for this Christmas crack recipe, so here goes nothing. Look, I’m gonna be honest. The first time I made this, I had absolutely NO idea why they called it “crack.” Then I ate three pieces in…
Okay, so here’s the thing. I’ve been making these cookies for like three years now, and every single time someone asks me “what ARE these?” And then they eat four. Look, I’m gonna be honest with you. The first time…
Cranberry Pistachio Shortbread Cookies (That Actually Turned Out Perfect on Try Number Four) Okay, so I burned three batches before I figured this out. THREE. The first time, I got distracted by my dog barking at literally nothing and forgot…
Homemade Samoas Cookies: My Love-Hate Relationship with Girl Scout Cookie Season Okay, so homemade samoas cookies became my obsession after I spent $5 on a box of Girl Scout cookies and ate the entire thing in one sitting. One sitting….