We’ve long been proponents of a more relaxed cocktail culture. This week, we turned our attention to the Old Fashioned. Once just a mixture of liquor, sugar, and bitters, time and fussy mixologists transformed the Old Fashioned into a whiskey-only drink, with requisite Maraschino cherries and orange slices. Things got a little silly. But we’re here to say, it doesn’t have to be that way. [Read more…]
shaved brussels sprout and carrot salad with cara cara, avocado, and orange tahini dressing
Not so long ago, I worked in an office. The kind with little cubes and a computer monitor too small to display the spreadsheets I needed to use and a chair hierarchy that provided peons like me a work week of spinal pain and florescent lights hovering way too close. On my last day, I had only a small tote of things to collect. After nearly two years, I hadn’t moved in. I wish I’d thought to take a picture. It would be a great reminder as I try to balance mothering and writing and creative food and family food, that even on the worst days, I’m better off than I was in that awful gray cube. [Read more…]
roasted squash wedges with grapefruit and pomegranate
After an October spent traveling, November has been delightfully calm. Around here, in this bright little house we’ve lived in since April, things are good. Coat hooks have been hung. Books sorted. For the first time in a long, long time, I feel like things are on track and steadily improving. I know all too well how quickly the whole holiday thing takes hold, so in these last couple of weeks before the hysteria sets in, Brian and I have been doing what we can to get everything (finally) in order.
Finding time in the kitchen has still been a challenge, with my time spent working or taking care of the girls instead. [Read more…]
kumquat clementine coffee cake
A zesty kumquat and clementine coffee cake recipe.
meyer lemon skillet chicken
Writing honestly about home cooking involves striking a difficult balance between presenting the reality of our home life and presenting dishes that people will actually want to read about and, we hope, make for themselves. We don’t want you to think that every meal we eat has been planned, prepped, fussed over, and arranged just so before it’s photographed and eaten. With a toddler and a kindergartener, it’s just not possible for us to put that much time into our everyday meals. However, we think about our readers too, and we assume you don’t want to read about spaghetti night four times a month, however real that would be.
So when we make a quick stand-by dish that’s both easy enough for a weeknight and seriously tasty, we’re excited to post about it. Which is to say, we’re glad to be able to share this skillet chicken with you. [Read more…]