butternut squash pasta with sage and brown butter

In two weeks, The Homemade Kitchen really truly lands. Can we take another peek inside the book today? (I'm bursting!). As I talked about a bit in this post, each chapter of this new book is structured around a way to reframe the way we relate to food. The essay below is from the chapter Do ...

Last weekend, I got into a slight altercation with a woman at the farmers' market over fridge space. She didn't want to buy a 1/2-pound bag of salad because she said the fridge real estate was too precious. All I had were 1/2-pound bags, and my side of the altercation mostly consisted of a shrug and ...

In January, when the world freezes and we, layered shuffle towards warmth, even carrying it with us whenever we can, looking forward ...

Hot, hot, hot. The summer has taken over. Not the lazy, unschooling, natural parenting kind of summer you might expect of me, but instead the driving to theater camp, the too-many backyard parties, the over and over up till 11 until the girls break down in tears mid afternoon and say, "I'm just ...

Just what the world needs. One more recipe for roast chicken. Only I do. I really do. Perfect Roast Chicken 1. Find a chicken. It should be local, unless it's not. It should be organic, unless it's local, unless you are just at the regular supermarket and I'll be damned if I'm going to go to ...

Again. I start writing on an ordinary day. I put it down with the hope of finishing later, and then in that time in between, the New York Times starts yelling at me from my phone. I check the news, I check Twitter (which on the whole I don't love, but it's always where I go when I try to figure ...

You spoil me. Always, I ask a question and you return with answers that make me smile and laugh and peek at my phone at inopportune moments through the day. I feel greedy for your stories. It's great to hear about your tools, and it's even better to hear about how you love them. Where they ...

There is no doubt in my mind that politics brings out the worst in people. I could give you the list of who and what I'll be voting for tomorrow. Trust me, I'm tempted! I want to tell you why I make the decisions I do, why I feel that those are the best choices for my girls' future, for all our ...

There are nights that fit together like puzzles. I'm standing at the stove--it's 5:00 and there is a coming and going in the house right now which is decidedly unsettled, although also joyous in a sun-through-the-window kind of way. I'm making congee, the thick rice porridge that is thickening in ...

And like that, the nights get cold and a new time comes in. The girls are away for a good part of this week. They are on a last hurrah of the summer with my aunt and uncle who take them to a family camp to ride horses and shoot arrows and be in talent shows. We thought we would do something wild ...

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butternut squash pasta with sage and brown butter

pasta with all the greens

congee with yams and miso sauce

salty pork

another recipe for roast chicken (and a giveaway)

kumquat ricotta tartine

potato celery root skillet cake

roasted beet and apple pie

coconut congee with chicken and greens

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