Ann Arbor, Michigan’s Cottage Inn Pizza is pretty famous throughout parts of the Midwest, but not many people know that the original Cottage Inn is actually a full-blown Italian restaurant. They have the same fantastic pizza, but they also have a full menu of pastas, salads, and desserts, all in the best traditional Italian style….
It’s been a very “off” season of both cooking and eating for me. Not the way I wanted to end this busy year of being engaged, getting married, traveling overseas, and changing jobs. But as is so often the case, God had plans for me that I didn’t expect. Shortly after we arrived home from…
Tuesday evening, Eli brought home a half peck or so of perfectly ripe peaches – part of a half bushel his parents had purchased at a roadside market the day before. Because it was a busy week, and we had social engagements the next two evenings, and the refrigerator was already full, they sat in…
My gosh, it’s good to be sitting here, writing this post. Like the first day of spring after a long, but really beautiful, winter. I don’t know quite where to begin, Wedding Season having driven me to lots of repeat favorite summer recipes and old standbys, just to make it through the busyness in one…
My sister rocks. Seriously. Because she’s come up with the perfect scheme for my bridal shower. We’re having our own Cupcake Wars. Every summer, my lovely aunt Jill hosts a Girls’ Weekend for all the women on the Watts side of my family. Grandma, moms, aunts, cousins, and female significant others all get together for…
I got the last of the rhubarb Saturday morning at the farmers’ market, and then I went strawberry picking. And well, when you have rhubarb and strawberries on hand at the same time, you just have to find a way to use them together. And no, jam isn’t enough – not for me, anyway. I…