A Nice Blend...

I came across this room via Design Sponge. It is of designer Paige Morse's home. I think it sums up well what my style is at the moment. I love mid-century furniture and it's clean lines. I also love traditional design, which makes me think of my mother's gorgeous home. This is a nice blend of the two.

Blueberry Muffins Are Just Really Good

My girlfriends and I have thouroughly taken advantage of the amazing farms and orchards this summer and fall. My favorite fruit this summer was definately blueberries. A good friend Marcel showed me her fav blueberry spot. Eight varieties to choose from for $1/lb. That's right. I filled the bucket to the brim and paid $6. I have a ton of frozen blueberries. They taste fresh from the bush!

Its nice to know I can make these delicious blueberry muffins year round. This recipe is from The Gourmet cookbook (A must have!)

Tomatoes :: You win some; You lose some.

This summer we planted our first garden (well, we'll just forget about the window sill attempts) and we had a blast. It's fun to say we had a decent "harvest" this year.

Our cherry tomatoes were sweet, juicy and never ending. We are sad to see them go. The beefsteaks on the other hand, we sent them packing. They were infected with blight. It starts from the bottom up and is scary scary. See for yourself

Does anyone in Oregon have any idea what to do for this?

Eclairs Round Two

This time around worked much better. They puffed! It took a much longer cooking time than the recipe called for. I have an oven thermometer so I'm sure the oven temperature was not off. If I do these again, I will definately search for a better filling recipe. All in all, it was a lot of fun... when they worked :)

I Dare You To Bake Eclairs as Bad As Mine

I have to make this Daring Baker post tonight to be in keeping with the rules, however I am currently on round two because my first batch did not puff :(