Hi my dears! Ive been meaning to tell you, I have a new blog over here. I think Ill still be using Dilly Dahlia when I have time to write out recipes or other longish posts, but for the day-to-day Tu...
Hope everyone had a beautiful and restful holiday full of family and good food! Im just back from family dinner complete with the annual Easter Jesus Christ Superstar sing-a-long. Dont ask. Its rad. ...
Darling Xochi (so-chee) came home with us last week and, well, were smitten. Shes super sweet, intelligent, and soft as the velveteen rabbit. She is slowly learning that cacti, electrical wires...
Seattle has got to be one of my favorite food cities on the planet. Its a place where I often find myself wishing I had a second or third stomach (and metabolism and wallet to match) so that I could ...
Calabacitas -- probably my favorite easy, slightly junk-foody meal -- ooze with cheese and remind me of everything I love about Mexican cuisine. With very few ingredients involved, theyre pretty simp...
This intensely chocolaty cake is just the thing for celebrating the birthdays of the ones you love. Nevermind the fact that there are copious amounts of butter, birthdays come once a year and should ...
Things that make my heart melt:1. Puppy toes.2. Puppy wrinkles.3. Puppy tongues.4. Puppy snuggles.5. Puppy yawns.6. Puppy slumber. OK, Im a total sucker for puppy cuteness. But who can resist d...
Lemons. This is the time of year in Tucson when, just as youve made it through one box of lemons from a friend or neighbors tree, someone else walks through your door with another. Lemons I can handl...
Citrus season has arrived in Tucson. Hello, citrus season! I dont have much to say about this recipe other than that its good. Really good. Far more custardy and less cloying than your average bakery...
Sweet Mona was put to sleep last Friday after several months of battling with cancer. I cant explain what a profound loss this is for me and Steve - she was such an essential member of our family, a ...
I love Thanksgiving for its focus on family and conviviality. Is there any other major American holiday that brings so many people together for a single large meal and doesnt evolve around consumeris...
Its hard for me to talk about how good the food is in New Orleans, mostly because I dont have a great vocabulary for Southern food. Words like cajun and creole are awesome, but can only be used so ma...
Eggplants are in season now in Tucson and a few weeks ago we came home with a hearty load. Maybe even a bushel, but Im not really sure. (How does one measure a bushel, anyway?) I cooked up this delig...
Yes, its that time of year again. Time for cozy things like specialty tea lovingly displayed in fancy brass bowls from Turkish antique shops: Mexican Winter tea with sumptuous tones of rose, coc...
I have some serious catching up to do here. Lots of exciting adventures to report, but Ive been on the road so much and trying to keep up with school and work and family/friends that I havent had any...
A few weeks ago I bought some figs on a whim. Id never baked with them before and, frankly didnt have anything in mind to do with them. They were just so pretty and I knew that their interior would r...
One of my core values in life is that the birthdays of dear friends must be celebrated with much fuss and fancy food. Ive had the honor of celebrating many birthdays with dear Emery - from clinking t...
My friends! I dont have a lot to say but just wanted to post some pictures of the lovely sunsets weve been having around here lately. Its been ridiculously hot and weve had a pretty measly monsoon se...
Seattle is basically ground zero for local food. Theres so much local, organic, regional, small-farm, wild-harvested there that its almost become passe. But its not passe at all or even threatening t...
Holy unanticipated blogging hiatus! Sorry for that, friends and readers. Life, travel, home projects, and being hot have taken up lots of time these past few weeks. But, well, here I am. I was in L.A...
I traveled to Tofino on Vancouver Island, British Colombia a few weeks ago. It was gorgeous. Amidst an oceanscape full of whales, sea lions, bald eagles, starfish, sea slugs, and black bears, I enjoy...
What to do when you learn that one of your favorite people will be moving to Singapore for at least one year: 1. Have yourself a good cry. Dear friends are hard to come by and always sorely mis...
Hello friends! This month (by which I mean the past two) has been insanely busy and I must sadly report that I have yet to even try out a baking project in my lovely new oven. Sigh...someday soon. I ...
This is easily be my favorite time of year in the desert. Flowers are in bloom, trees are leafing out, and cacti are pushing new growth. This year it has been especially rewarding to watch all this g...
I turned 29 on Saturday and for the first time in my life feel a mild dislike for my age. I dont feel old, but I do feel like Im on the precipice of something great and scary. Im not sure why Im so a...
This has been an exhausting couple of weeks of moving, getting settled and slowly, slowly making our new house feel like a home. We still have a lot of work to do and so many projects lined up. Here ...
The past few weeks have positively flown by. We had a flurry of packing right after we found out the house deal would go through and have been living amid boxes of books and bare refrigerators ever s...
Good news: it looks like the deal is going to go through on the sweet house I wrote about a few days ago! I'm so relieved and ecstatic and already manically planning how I want to arrange everything,...
OK, guys. We found a house yesterday that made me really glad old orange and blue didn't work out. This house is the epitome of Tucson quirky chic, has tons of amazing plants, and is a waaaay better ...
Did you know that Arizona Statehood Day is on February 14? How perfect that my very favorite state celebrates its birthday on a day entirely devoted to LOVE....and what better way to celebrate than w...
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