When I think about my frequent compulsion and delight in make food from scratch, I always return to my interest in connection and transformation. I like taking an active role in knowing not only where my food comes from but being deeply involved in making […]
In the early third of my pregnancy I lost my usual enthusiasm for vegetables. Then winter set in and I was still not very inclined to eat fresh greens. Maybe it is the recent days of sunshine, the promise of truly warm days this weekend, […]
Despite the importance of friendships, it is always hard, getting older, to know how to hold friends close and when let go. Friends are scattered across the country and the world. Some I know will always be part of my life and others may be […]
One of the things I enjoy about working from home is the occasional blurring of lines between what I might consider work and what is more geared toward home “work.” Sometimes I feel like my kitchen is a laboratory with various projects underway. While I […]
Writing my newsletter this week got me thinking about the small changes that, over time, add up to something big. Searching for signs of spring among the snow and gray, I’ve noticed that the birds are singing as they always do this time of year. […]
In February I changed the phrase between a rock and a hard place to reflect the weather that month: between a giant puddle and a sheet of ice. Now in mid-April I’m saying, when life gives you snowstorms, bake cookies (or bake anything, really). I […]
When I was in middle school, my sister, one of our friends, and I all decided to be vegetarian. I know we were not the only teenagers to choose to eat this way but as far as I can remember it was an arbitrary decision, […]
The list of recipes that I’ve shared on this blog includes quite a few simple cakes. I don’t think I make them very often until I look at my list of recipes and realize there are cakes with applesauce, beets, zucchini and buttermilk. Not to […]
With all the uncertainties that each day brings, it is good to have some things you can count on. The growing early morning sunrise, creeping from pink and blue to daylight. Breakfast. My mornings are not defined by uncertainty, but I am never sure what […]