Pictures from Lauren & Dave's wedding in October

Diaper cake

For Cora, Jim, and Itsy's shower

Star turn

Did you know that I guest hosted "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart"? Me neither, but apparently I did!

Fall flavors

From NPR: Chicken sauteed with cider and almonds, with farmers' market broccoli (above) and pasta with roasted butternut squash and greens (below):

Comfort food

Chicken roasted on the grill:


With cornbread and brussel sprouts:


Then tossed with pasta and broccoli rabe:


Followed by my should-be-award-winning chili:

Happy Birthday Brent!

Dinners with friends

Well, I am officially a terrible blogger. How do you mommies with kids and jobs do it? But we've had lots of good fun and good food this month. Our neighbor-friends Tim, Michelle, and Zoe came over for pizza night. Zoe perched on our kitchen stool and "helped" (stole some cheese!) her mom:


The Albert-Jones pizza was cheesy deliciousness!And I made a Blangsdau fave: sweet potato pizza (this one with rosemary and bleu cheese).

Later that weekend, we had some friends over for a feast that included butternut squash and goat cheese gratin and cake!