Simple Autumn Salad with Pumpkin, Pecans and Cranberries

Simple Autumn Salad with Pumpkin, Pecans and Cranberries

On Saturday night, it finally happened. I was standing at the bus stop, waiting for the bus that would carry me home after an 11-hour shift at the shop working on a large, last-minute order. My back and feet were aching, but a strange feeling 

How Focaccia Saved Summer

How Focaccia Saved Summer

It has been a very strange summer, and I realize that, by now, we are well into fall, but it takes me some time to get my system up and running at full speed again after the summer season. Because I hate it. It’s sweaty 

Garlic Scapes Pesto Pizza With Eggs and Asparagus

Garlic Scapes Pesto Pizza With Eggs and Asparagus

  I had big plans for today, as it was a rare day when I had nothing else on and all loose ends were tied up, but I woke up feeling quite sickly and then the weather started to bug. Instead I’ve spent some time 

Crown Daisy Doenjang-guk: A Light Summer Soup With a Green Herbal Kick

Crown Daisy Doenjang-guk: A Light Summer Soup With a Green Herbal Kick

I am a fiend for soup and stews. I have a theory that there are two types of people in this world: those who eat ramen for the noodles and those who eat ramen for the broth. I fall into the latter category. I think 

Tomato Garlic Scapes Tart and Summer on the Farm

Tomato Garlic Scapes Tart and Summer on the Farm

  When I was 21, the poet I was working for at the time graciously arranged for me to spend a portion of the summer at a writer’s residency on a small organic farm in Wisconsin. It was late June, the heat of summer, and