{frolic!}

belvoir farms

                     

I simply adore the packaging on the Belvoir Farms drinks. I've used them on a couple of shoots. The Elderflower drink is particularly lovely. I remember having it the first time I went to London.

Reminded by the lovely Eat Drink Chic, via A Summer Picnic Wedding.

food souvenirs

I love experiencing a culture through the food so I am excited to bring a few of my new favorites home from Sweden to share with my family over the holiday. Here are a few of the items I am bringing:

Cardamum pepparkakor (gingersnaps).

Kryddost cheese (yummy cheese filled with caraway + cloves).

Organic vanilla + cardamum sugar from Rosendals. 

Cardamum knäckebröd.

Raspberry + rhubarb marmalade.

Gudbrandsdalen (a Norwegian cheese).

Chokladfabrik truffles (check out the packaging! so cute!).

White Pepper and cardamom chocolate.

Wish I could bring back some of the saffron tomato creme fraiche but it obviously wouldn't travel well!

french yogurt packaging

Look at this Frenchie yogurt I bought yesterday. Isn't the packaging adorable?

 

wilkin & sons

   

 

I love the old-fashioned packaging from the English food company, Wilkin & Sons. I just bought some of the brandy butter!

new donna hay book

I am all about living + eating according to the four seasons so I am super excited about this new cookbook by Donna Hay . I think it's only available in Australia at this point but hopefully will be out worldwide, soon!

carlshamn

I am completely smitten with the logo and branding at Carlshamn, a Swedish dairy company.

comfort food

I can't stop thinking about these two recipes. I wouldn't eat them together of course!

1. Peppery Prosciutto and Mozzarella French Toast.

2. Campfire Beer Pancakes!

Photos from Donna Hay + Toast.

portland pie off

 

Congrats to my big sis! She won Prettiest Pie at the Portland Pie Off for her Stavros Greek pie (top). She also made the Lemon Raspberry Cream Pie with Pistachio Brittle (bottom). So sad I couldn't be there to eat them!! Click here for the Greek pie recipe.

Photos by Tricia Martin of Eating is Art.

blueberries + ricotta

I made these blueberry ricotta pancakes yesterday and they were so yummy! I guess what I love most about Donna Hay Magazine, aside from the breathtaking photography, is the purity of the recipes. Often, they contain only 5 or 6 ingredients, letting you sink into just a few flavors, instead of trying to wow you with crazy combinations. The simplicity of the recipes also makes the process easier for a novice cook like myself.

alma chocolate chocopops!

On this humid, hot day in Portland, I could really use one of these Chocopops from Alma Chocolates!