Carrie Saum

Thin Mints are my favorite. They’ve ALWAYS been my favorite. I would hide a sleeve in our freezer as a kid, and wait for my brothers to leave the house so I could eat them in peace. As an adult, not much has changed. I look forward to that time of year when Girl Scout cookies make winter doldrums bright again.

Oh, you say you’re making this for your neighbor who just had a baby and a traumatic birth experience and you want to be an Exceptional Neighbor and bring her post-partum love and healing in a warm, bubbling cake dish? Fantastic. Just make sure to eat half of the cobbler straight out of the pan first, and then transfer it to another pan and pretend it’s meant to look like a pan of berry mush.

You feel it. The change.

For the first time in my life, I was lost after leaving Evangelical Christianity. I watched the shores of everything safe and familiar wash away.

Not only was TV working as part of my parenting routine, we also unashamedly used it as a babysitter. Yes, you read that correctly!

This granola, just like my mom’s, is FANTASTIC. The high protein and fiber content will be a great start to your day.

This weekend, I was at a work function where there were thousands of vendors trying to sell their goods.

I can’t promise this will cure everything that ails you, but it’s a good start to a new year if nothing else.

I've spent the last week in sunny California. I was there for a massive food expo. It was also Spring Break.

I made you these cookies. They are special cookies that are made from pulverized cookies that became butter that then became cookies again.