recipes
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The Vanilla Sugar I Keep on My Counter All Winter
This is the season when I crave small comforts, the quiet ones that don’t ask for much. On the corner of my kitchen counter sits a little bowl of vanilla sugar. It’s one of those tiny rituals that quietly makes… Continue reading
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The Cottagecore Christmas Cookbook Has Arrived
It’s here! My newest book, The Cottagecore Christmas Cookbook. I didn’t write this one for perfect kitchens. I wrote it for real ones. For wooden spoons that have seen a few winters, for aprons dusted with flour, and for anyone… Continue reading
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A Cozy Little Announcement
There’s a special kind of magic that only comes around once a year, the kind that smells like warm gingerbread, pine needles, and melting chocolate. I’ve been quietly working on something behind the scenes that feels like wrapping a story… Continue reading
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The Quiet Power of Small Cookbooks
Cookbooks are often designed to impress, oversized, glossy, full of elaborate photos. Mine are not. They’re small, just 6×9, closer to a notebook than a coffee-table book. For a long time, I wondered if that made them less than. But… Continue reading
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Spiced Apple Cake with Maple Glaze
The first chilly morning of September always gets me itching to bake something warm and cozy, and this cake is exactly that. It’s one of those bakes where the smell alone makes it worth making, the cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves… Continue reading
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Homemade Vanilla Extract: The Sweetest Gift from the Cottage Kitchen
Every year as the air turns crisp and the evenings arrive a little sooner, I like to tuck away a few bottles of something special: homemade vanilla extract. It’s simple, cozy, and makes the loveliest little gift for holiday baking… Continue reading
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15 Lovely Ways to Use Strawberry Jam (That Aren’t Toast)
I made a batch of strawberry jam recently and felt that quiet little thrill seeing all the jars lined up, lids sealed tight. But after the toast phase wore off, I started wondering what else to do with it. So… Continue reading
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What to Make When You’re Tired: My Top 5 No-Fuss Meals
Not every night is candles and from-scratch pie. Some nights you’re just tired. Not the “I’ll order takeout and watch a movie” kind of tired, but the kind where even thinking about what to eat feels like too much. I’ve… Continue reading
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A Tart for Quiet Afternoons: Discovering Blueberry Clafoutis
I don’t know how this recipe escaped me for so long. Maybe it was the name, clafoutis, which sounds far too complicated for what it actually is. Or maybe it’s because I thought it belonged in a fancy French bakery… Continue reading
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My Summer Cottage To-Do List
Every summer, I make a little list, a page in my notebook or a thought I scribble on the back of a grocery receipt. It’s not about getting things done, it’s more about slowing down, tuning in, and letting the… Continue reading
