Author Archive | Bev Weidner

Friday Flotsam

flowers in the window / bev cooks

Frrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrit! it! ay! yay! it! what! Do you change your skin care routine in the fall and winter? I just saw a New York Times article in my newsletter this morning about that very thing. I clicked on it but I haven’t read it yet. I just saw the words “pulled from the lipid barrier” […]

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Roasted Potatoes with Chimichurri

Roasted Potatoes with Chimichurri / Bev Cooks

AKA: Life’s secret loophole. For anything. But mainly side dishes. If there’s a roasted potato on any sort of table, I’m in. I surrender. I’m all yours. But then you add chimichurri to the equation? Done for. Unspeakable bliss. Obnoxiously hyperbolic and overly dramatic but honestly what else are we here for? Let us peepeth. […]

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Friday Flotsam

apples and feet / bev cooks

Frrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreyeeeeeee! Natalie gave me her Christmas list three nights ago. HER CHRISTMAS WISH LIST. I was in bed reading. It was like, 9:15pm and I was this close to turning out my bedside lamp, and in walks Miss Prissy List all, “Okay here it is. And it’s numbered so it’s easier to read. And I […]

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Roasted Garlic Chicken Drumsticks

Roasted Garlic Chicken Drumsticks / Bev Cooks

Drumsticks! Isn’t this total prime-time game day food? I feel like it is. Isn’t it? It is today. And no, we’re not going to talk about these Taylor Swift/Travis Kelce rumors. Not gonna do it! We are sophisticated, grown women who have important matters to tend to! . . . we’re going to talk about […]

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Chicken Pita Wraps

Chicken Pita Wraps / Bev Cooks

Pita pita! Wait, have I told you this story? It’s not a story. But it reminds me of the way my sister and I say heater. And that is, heatah heatah! But back to back, very fast and obnoxiously high pitched. We’re the worst. Pita pita! Never mind. Ready to peepeth? It seems like a […]

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Friday Flotsam

pretty window / bev cooks

Frrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrree-dah. Who else has been completely hooked (swindled?) by the purple toothpaste ads all over Pinterest and Instagram? Have you seen those? Please tell me not to add to cart. Please. It has to be a lie. The ads are like, a girl putting the toothpaste on one yellowish tooth and letting it sit for […]

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Plum Galette

Pie Galette / Bev Cooks

It’s Galette Day! (<–not a thing.) You know how I’ve been on a pie journey for a while now? I’ve been on a pie journey for a while now. (don’t tell my waistline.) I absolutely love making pies. Am I good at it? Jury’s still out. But making the crust from scratch is this weird […]

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Monthly Mixtape: Apple Trees and Autumn Tease

Monthly Mixtape: Apple Trees and Autumn Tease / Bev Cooks

Septeeeembaaaaaah! What I thought was going to be a hellacious month from the infected blisters of Satan’s armpit is actually looking to be more pleasant. Woo hoo! The weather keeps shifting. Dipping. Chances of rain are now popping up. My mood is improving by the hour, you guys. So let’s have a mixtape that accompanies […]

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