a lesson from quince and all the other ugly fruit (the ones we skip in favor of dusty concords and burning apricots and the plums with verdant green interiors) a…
Easy, delicious, and endlessly adaptable, a flaugnarde is one of my favorite simple summer desserts. Don’t worry if the name sounds intimidating. The custard, as easy as making a dutch…
I have always loved the blend of oranges and chocolate; oranges are a sweet and lightly perfumed companion to classy dark chocolate and together, they are an elegant combination of…
Lately, I feel I have gotten too complacent in the kitchen. I am too used to old routines, too comfortable. It’s time to shake things up. To do something I…
Lately, I think about the transience of life and fear hits me, hard. Every breath I take feels measured, numbered, and I want to fill every moment with every thing.…
Creaming butter into sugar is like watching alchemy happen. The butter starts out distinct. Fatty. Yellow. Chunky. The sugar is fine. Sweet, sweeping sand. Together, they become a paste, a…
For all my talk of holding on to summer, I think I am leaning into fall with more enthusiasm than I expected. This happens every year, but I somehow always…
The changing of seasons makes me wistful. Have we come to the end already? Nights are already cool, mornings already crisp. The time seems to have slipped through my fingers…
We’re making savory cobbler! Why let fruit have all the fun? This one’s quick, easy and full of flavor. The best kinds of cobbler are. We start with the filling:…
To bottle summer- to capture its fleeting spirit- pie. Always pie. It starts with a good, flaky crust. It contains the prettiest of summer’s bounty. Hopefully, maybe if you are…
