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ginger lime plum sauce

Oh nonononono my plums are dropping and rotting and no matter how many I pick and eat and bake and shrub and throw to play fetch with the dog they are still dropping and rotting and deflating and...

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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...

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this and that

Things are dissolving into wildness these days as I get ready for book events and travel, and it seems all my thoughts are coming in lists. So today, a list! I’m finding the idea of the kitchen...

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from me to you

October 6, October 6, October 6. Here we are. Hello October 6! I’ve been holding this day for so long, and now it’s just a good average Tuesday. I’m home with a sick kid, and tonight Joey and I are...

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heidi swanson’s radicchio salad

I was in New York for these past two days, and it did not quite woo me. My fault, I’m sure, as it’s no city’s responsibility to woo anyone. Book stuff went well, and I was glad to be there. But I’d...

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win win

Remember when I went to Denver last month and had to have my hair done? I remember, because my kids refer to it regularly. “You gonna do you’re hair up like a figure skater again, mom?” (No intended...

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and we’re off!

(photo by Christina Davis) I like this word, launch, as if one party was something of a trampoline that sent me in one big flying leap into the world that is the craziness of a new book. I’m just...

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a simple apple cake

My editor once told me that she has to bake immediately upon returning from a trip. It doesn’t matter how much laundry and unpacking I’m supposed to be doing, she told me as she fed me a buttermilk...

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jess’s kale and pomegranate salad

I’ve been thinking a lot about Patience Gray lately, and her book Honey From a Weed. I talked about her with Joe Yonan a bit on this week’s episode of The Splendid Table, and every time someone asks...

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eyes closed, ears open

One of my favorite Thanksgiving movies is a little indie called The Myth of Fingerprints. It came out the year I was living here in my home town between various tries at college. I had a studio...

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an answer for emily

When I was setting off for book travels in October, I asked for any questions you might be bringing to events so I could think about them before we met. Emily, who was planning on coming to my event...

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gifty

This weekend, Rosie and I hopped on the train to Brooklyn for an interview with Cathy Erway of Eat Your Words on Heritage Radio. I’ve been wanting to meet Cathy for years and it was so great to...

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morning buns

If you’ve been around here for a while, you may be familiar with the white whale that Christmas morning cinnamon buns have been for me. The texture, the timing, the ease! I think I’ve imagined that if...

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as is

This year has begun in a rough place. Not deeply tumultuously rough from external circumstance, but itchy, uncomfortable, hard to pin down.  I’ve felt that way through the new year and this whole...

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entertained

It might be the fact that I’ve got the Hamilton Broadway recording on repeat inside my head. I blame Joey and Rosie who started listening in December. It was strange, as Joey’s not a musical fan and...

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the game changer

Do  you need another gadget? Of course not! Do you need the Instant Pot? Well, let’s discuss. Before we go any further, I’m going to lay out a few terms. I call this thing the Instapot. Sadie, who is...

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meanwhile over at craftsy…

http://www.eatingfromthegroundup.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/00-low.mp4   We’re a few months into my Craftsy class, and now I’ve had a little time to experience what’s possible over there. I also...

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a few new classes and events

Happy happy Thursday! I just wanted to pop in for a moment to let you know I’ve got a few new classes and events on the books. I’ve been hearing from a lot of you who want to take cheese making, so I...

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grapefruit ginger curd

I’m on a curd bender, so I wanted to make sure there was PLENTY of curd on the site. This is a recipe that ran in a column I wrote for a local website, and I thought it should live here, too. It went...

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the smells of our mothers (and a giveaway)

I work with a few wonderful businesses who generously help keep this site up and running, and I’m so happy to have Cobble Hill Farm Apothecary among them. When you support my sponsors, you support...

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