What do hiking, Christmas cookies and bear poo have in common? This recipe of course! Here in our home of Big Bear Lake, California, I’ve spent a lot of time out on the absolutely not snowy trails with my favorite hiking partner, my two-year-old Catahoula. Are the trails snowy? No, not at all. Does it …
It’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas! Sure, it’s only December first, but I’m already brimming—overflowing, really—with holiday spirit. And what will we be consuming in this household all season long besides my beloved Nantucket Cranberry Tart? Obviously, gluten-free pies. Yes, plural. Yes, I’m the only one in my family who likes pecan pie. …
Can we please discuss this barefoot revolution sweeping the nation like a TikTok trend absolutely no one asked for? Everywhere I go, someone’s demanding I remove my shoes at the door—as if my gently thrifted cowboy boots are harboring smallpox instead of just being fabulous. Meanwhile, those of us with plantar fasciitis are hobbling around …
This Thanksgiving, skip the chaos and the 20-pound bird. Make perfectly crispy, juicy Air Fryer Cornish Hens with Date Tamarind Glaze—a bougie, small-scale turkey alternative that won’t destroy your kitchen or your patience. Cornish Game Hens Thanksgiving miracle, right here! Thanksgiving for the Sanity-Savers So you don’t feel like hosting Thanksgiving for twenty-five people this …
As someone who has adored Renaissance Faires since I was far too young to understand why men in tunics kept losing their minds over push-up bodices, I can say with great confidence—and in full Queen Elizabeth dialect—“Marry, yes, I would fain gnaw upon a air fryer turkey leg!” But making those glorious handheld turkey clubs …