Vermont and a Maple-Apple & Brie Quiche
I’m currently supposed to be at work, working, but I’m shirking a little bit and sitting outside in the freshly manicured garden to write to you about our trip to Vermont, because amazingly beautiful spring Sundays don’t come around all that often, and when they do, I’m pretty sure they shouldn’t be spent inside at … Read more
Cookbook of the Month: Girl in the Kitchen
Don’t worry, I’m going to write about the book. Especially after I left you hanging last month. But I can’t tell you about it yet. Because I have to tell you about this mac and cheese, first. This mac and cheese is amazing. AMAZING. It has oomph – lots of rich, smoky, garlicky, spicy oomph. … Read more
Corn and Potato Chowder
There aren’t many recipes that I make regularly. I could totally love a recipe and only make it once just because there are so many other recipes out there that I want to try. Even when it comes to the basics – pancakes, muffins, spaghetti sauce – I’m always trying new variations on a theme, … Read more
Plums in February
I know. It’s 100% not plum season. At least, not in Boston or anywhere else north of the equator. But in flipping through Roast Figs Sugar Snow (isn’t that just the best cookbook name?) I kept seeing all these tantalizing plum recipes. Like roast plums and figs in vodka with cardamom cream. And Russian cheese pancakes with … Read more
Adventures in Cheesemaking
In the spirit of daydreaming about farming and all things homemade, Trevor and I have been dabbling in cheesemaking recently. I’d love to say that it’s as simple as following a recipe and that we were pretty much ready to run out and buy a cow, but making cheese is hard. It’s more science than … Read more
