It’s not my way to be evangelical about any one recipe, method, or food. I hope you’ll never catch me telling you that you should do this, or that, or eat this. If you do, you have my full permission to remind me that it’s not my way. BUT, I will say this gently, and with…
Archives for November 2013
it's all how you define success
This weekend, I’ll plant the garlic, and then I’m done. The garden and I are no good for each other. We come together with the best of intentions, the garden and I, always thinking it will be different, thinking we have finally changed each other. I hum to myself as I kneel in the straw….
it’s all how you define success
This weekend, I’ll plant the garlic, and then I’m done. The garden and I are no good for each other. We come together with the best of intentions, the garden and I, always thinking it will be different, thinking we have finally changed each other. I hum to myself as I kneel in the straw….
health food
Raise your hand if you learned how to cook from Mollie Katzen. It all started in the late 70’s. I imagine herds of young and hungry people leaving their suburban steak and potatoes homes in search of something new and different for their own first kitchens. They were bell-bottomed, long hair parted in the middle,…
first of the month: eating well on less money
The idea of eating well on less money is always more complicated than I want it to be. Those who have gotten into making more food from scratch are especially familiar with this complexity. Does it save money to make your own bread? Absolutely. Does it save money to make your own everything? Well… how…