Ripe, juicy peaches sit atop a sweet, graham cracker base and are topped with whipped cream for this essential No-Bake Peach Dessert. Summer wouldn't be summer without Continue Reading
A Horrifying Story
Pray this never happens to you. I have a story to tell you today. This is a horrifying story that I'm afraid all too many of you can identify with. It's a Continue Reading
College Chocolate Chip Cookies
It was 25 years ago that I entered Brigham Young University as a freshman. Ah, the halcyon days of youth! (What does "halcyon" mean? How do you even say that? Why would I Continue Reading
Ten Hilarious and Surprising Things I Learned on Bed Rest
The phone rang. It was the doctor. "You need to go to the hospital," she said. "Can I go out with my husband first? We had plans." "No. You need to go the Continue Reading
Christmas Shopping by the Four Wise Men
In the twelve days leading up to Christmas, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has been putting out an uplifting video each day with well-known musicians and Continue Reading
T’was the Night Before Christmas–What Really Happened
T’was the night before Christmas, I’d just flown to Seattle. I was not prepared for the great Christmas Battle. I walked into my house; the scene was so sad. “Where Continue Reading
Wherein an American in Japan Makes a Ridiculous Mistake and Learns a Valuable Culinary Lesson
As I pedaled my bike home from Apple Land, I thought about my cache of groceries. An enormous Fuji apple, a half-loaf of square, fluffy super-white Japanese bread, a Continue Reading
Close Your Eyes and Open Your Mouth. I Have a Surprise For You (That Will Scar Your Tastebuds For Life).
We'd only been married a few months when my husband returned from work with an excited gleam in his eye. "Close your eyes and open your mouth," he said. "I have a Continue Reading
