Meet Valentina, founder and curator of Hortus Cuisine Valentina is a beautiful food photographer, blogger, graphic and web designer who resides in the stunning Italian countryside over the great sea. Her award winning blog inspires individuals all over the …
Author: Christiann Koepke
Festive Browned Butter Cranberry Bundt Cake + Madewell Portland Event & Giveaway
If you’re in the Portland area, I hope you can come out for this week’s Madewell Tasting & Store Sale Event where I will be serving 2 of my newest recipes. Yes, you heard it right; amazing food AND shopping! I …
Paleo Dark Chocolate & Fig Tart with a Buckwheat & Coconut Crust + Holiday Gift Guide
Welcome, December! Can you believe it’s already here? We’ve reached the peak of my most favorite time of year and this time around it all seems a little more special to me… I’ve completed my first entire year in Portland and …
Gathering | An Evening With Friends
I recently had the honor of planning, styling, cooking, hosting, and photographing a 5 course dinner to kick off the the peak of Autumn here in the Pacific Northwest. The event took place on November 1st, one of the most …
Blueberry Sage Scones + A Honeymooner’s Guide To Portland
When deciding on a place to go for your honeymoon there are endless options. Things that are often taken into consideration when making such plans are the pocket book, weather, water accessibility, beauty, adventure…. After all, this trip will be …
Lydia Reissmuller of Pure Simple Juice
Meet Lydia, one who is passionate and free, full of inspiration and practical application techniques to help you live a better life. She is beautiful and confident, one to admire and follow along in her journey of providing sustainable, convenient …
Kinfolk October Gathering | A Messy Meal
Last Saturday night was truly one to remember. We dined, we laughed, we savored. Life was simple and insanely delicious for a few short hours on the shoreline of the Columbia River in Astoria, Oregon. Beautiful faces gathered around a …
Paleo & Vegan Curry Butternut Squash Soup
This past week has been thrilling and full of surprises. Little did I know what was in store when I decide to begin the journey of starting a blog earlier this year. It’s been such a beautiful journey thus far and …
Paleo Buckwheat Pumpkin & Flax Pancakes
I think you’ll be happy to know that this is a Paleo recipe and a fantastic one at that! Honestly I have never been a huge fan of pancakes, but just this last week I had pumpkin seed milk in …
Spiced Pumpkin Bread
This week has finally arrived! In case you’re too busy to look at your calendar and notice those little holidays and seasons that are printed in the tiniest font in square boxes, this week we have the wonderful delight of …
