It's the height of summer which also means the height of farmers' markets and farm stands. Things are starting to ripen and fruit bounty is at an all-time high. Recently in Michigan, we brought home the freshest, sweetest farm grown hand-picked blueberries, and they...

Boxed cake mix is the best thing created to help busy cooks everywhere with dessert and cake making. And these cake mixes can be used for so many other creative baking things (just peruse Pinterest!), and one of them is actually a very easy cookie batter. By simply...

Blueberries, blueberries, blueberries are all over the place! And we can't get enough of them.My lemon layered blueberry pie at first glance might seem really complicated because it has a lot of layers but the urban domestic diva doesn't get to be the urban domestic...

If you have followed my blog for a bit, you know that I enjoy making fun infusions with spices, herbs, and botanicals. I have been patiently waiting for our elderflower bush in the front yard to produce enough flowers to make a liquor. Unfortunately, a neighbors dog...

Corn is starting to come into the farmer's markets. One of the best things about summer is all the great fresh produce that you find in abundance-whether it's in your backyard or it's at the farm stands. So last weekend we had an abundance of farm fresh corn, and I...

When we had our girls weekend for the 4th of July at the cottage, I didn't have the nerve to pull out the grill for a typical 4th of July dinner. So I decided to do instead while still keep it fun and festive, and easy, is use the slow cooker. I ran across this really...