Apples to Sauce
After traveling for eight days, seeing as many family and friends as possible, eating good meals, enjoying good company, relaxing, going to the theater and the aquarium, driving a lot and enjoying the last bits of summer weather, […]
Category: autumn
A Bang of Bright Colors
I love the way the world becomes more vibrant just before all the leaves are gone. Everything seems to end with a with a bang of bright colors. This may leave us unprepared for the bleak cold winter but I […]
Favorite Fall Recipes
I just ate my first fall apple. Late in the apple season, I know, but there were lots of peaches in early September. It was a Cortland, one of my favorite kinds, with just enough tart to balance the sweet and juicy only the way […]
Alive and Ever Changing
In my last post, I talked a bit about my kitchen and the simple, every day things that happen there. I’m developing a new relationship with this space where I cook, eat, clean, and create. I’ve been realizing lately that, for me, a kitchen is […]
Winter Squash, Leek, and Goat Cheese Turnovers
Winter squash taste like fall to me. Like cool sunny days dappled with brightly colored leaves, like crisp nights brightly lit by the moon. Like empty tree branches scratching the sky. It tastes like winter, too. Dark evenings in the kitchen and clouds of breath […]
Visiting and Exploring
Last Wednesday, I drove to my friend Emily’s house in Milwaukee. The route was about five and a half hours of rolling hills, farm land, brightly colored trees and smooth highway. In Milwaukee, I spent a lovely few days with Emily and her husband […]
A Noisy, Sunny Day
The morning started with birds. A whole tree full of squawking, talking avian visitors. Maybe on their way south, or taking off early for their Thanksgiving destination. They chirped and screamed, “I’m Alive!”, their noise echoing off buildings making it sound like they were everywhere. […]
I Did Not Delay
When I saw this recipe, I thought: I must make this as soon as possible. How could I ignore a whole grain cake featuring pumpkin and the accompanying spices? How could I postpone cream cheese frosting studded with tiny spicy pieces of crystallized ginger? I […]
My Favorite Cornbread
This week I went to the last outdoor farmer’s market of the season. My hands were frozen as I chose which squash, sweet potatoes and greens I would buy. The farmers looked even colder, bundled in jackets, hats and hoods. The sun shone weakly as […]
Spiced with Tradition
Ice cream has an important place in my family. When I was in elementary school my mom started the tradition of Ice Cream Night. Every Thursday evening since then family and friends have gathered around her dining room table to share in a homemade vegetarian […]