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      October 27: Cherry Bombe University, NYC, I'll be teaching a workshop on all things homemade. More info here.

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      October 13, 1:00 pm Boston Book Festival: I'll be speaking at Eataly Boston about how to turn your food dreams into writing! Book signing to follow. More info here.

      October 27: Cherry Bombe University, NYC, I'll be teaching a workshop on all things homemade. More info here.

      December 9, 4:00 pm: Spotty Dog Cafe, Hudson, NY, I'll be in contact with my dear friend Janet Reich Elsbach about her new book, Extra Helping.

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apple bread

Last week, on the day I got this apple bread to just the place I wanted it, I tumbled into the house with the girls post-school and prepared myself to clear off the counters and do the dishes so that I could photograph a few neat slices of the bread on a clean, well-placed plate, maybe even with a ...

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coconut loaf

This week, my grandmother Shirley would have been 86. I can never remember her actual birthday, and so I give her the whole week, and, like some Pagan goddess, she presides over this always charged and wild time of the end of August, the end of summer, and the beginning of new routined life, ...

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zucchini cocoa nib muffins

I've told this story before, but here I am again with the story in my head and my eyes on the oven, so here we go. Ten years ago now, I worked at a little cafe in Santa Fe. As far as I know, it's still there, and it's still wonderful. Each morning in the time when the sun would just begin to send ...

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ramp, asparagus, and ricotta frittata

Before we get into it--an apology. I'm just a little bit sorry for including ramps in this recipe. I'm sorry that the title of this post includes a food for which you might have to forage, most likely with someone who either 1) despite living in Brooklyn, seems to know their way around the woods ...

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the living finish

There's some chaos in the kitchen this week. We finally exchanged the plywood counters for recycled chalk board and butcher block, and my friends Adam and Justin have been in here cutting and polishing and gluing. It's really so beautiful, and I'll share pictures soon... we'll have a little kitchen ...

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maple custard

Sick day. Every couch is wrinkled and askew. Rosie and Joey are both down, and I have a sinking feeling that I might be the next to fall. I'm washing sheets and running baths. And as I realized that all I want to eat when I'm sick is maple custard, I'm also making custard. The rest of my family ...

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apple puffy pancake

  Sadie and I have been talking about how we get in our own way. It came about after another night of tucking into bed and wiping away tears after she had blown her time to read the current out loud with Daddy book (Breadcrumbs) by spacing out in her room while she put on one leg at a ...

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gifting

When I was a kid, I spent several holiday seasons in a row rehearsing and performing in a little black box theater here in my town. The theater is still here, and has miraculously changed very little. The play was called Yonder Peasant, and the script, music, and lyrics were all lovingly crafted by ...

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biscuits and gravy

So I've got to tell you about a book. I know I say that quite often, and you know I always mean it! But this time, I really, really mean it. I'll tell you right off the bat that this is Joey's favorite food book ever. This book, this book! It makes Joey cry with joy. It makes him cheer, and laugh, ...

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peach cinnamon butter

I've been following this pretty beautiful train of thought on twitter, something started by the photographer Penny De Los Santos. I can't say I follow too much on twitter, but I check in and I read along here and there. Penny has just moved to New York, and in support of her journey and new ...

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I’m Alana, and I write about food, family and the wonderful chaos that ensues when the two combine. If you’re new to the site, here are a few good places to start, or learn more about me on my about page.

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