Hello Friends! In an hour I’ll be heading out for a girls’ weekend with my mom, sisters and sister-in-law. We’ve never done a girls’ weekend before, but we thought it would be a fun thing to do before my middle sister, Laurel, has her baby girl in April. My sister-in-law, Deanna, is flying down from [...]

Hello! My name is Andrea, and I’m a freelance writer living in the lovely, hilly city of San Francisco with my husband Sam.
Chocolate Beet Cake
When I received Nigel Slater’s vegetable cookbook Tender for Christmas, I wasn’t expecting to discover dessert recipes within its pages. True, the carrot cake recipe didn’t strike me as unusual, but chocolate beet cake? That sounded a little odd—but also intriguing. For those wary of introducing beets to the dessert hour, breathe easy. The beet flavor [...]