December 2013 Brown bags became a covering for the wooden kitchen table. Once the cookies had cooled sufficiently on a rack, my mom would transfer them to the paper. I…
December 2013 With my little co-pilot by my side, I ventured east, where I'm spending more time sitting at the table than hustling in the kitchen. Whether you're baking or…
November 2013 Watching a table full of people savor something you can't eat can be a really isolating experience, so in planning the Harvest & Gather Thanksgiving menu, I was sure…
November 2013 The first time I heard "chocolate" uttered as an adjective preceding "pecan pie," I had an aha moment! What decadent brilliance! The dessert course for our Harvest &…
November 2013 Woe is the brussels sprout. Its reputation is that of child-torturing, loathsome green thing. How did this humble little cabbagette grow to be so despised when it can…
November 2013 Thanksgiving and turkey are so synonymous, but for our Harvest & Gather Thanksgiving dinner, my partner and I wanted to serve the traditional bird in a nontraditional way...…
November 2013 I've read the story numerous times: The economy was bad. A layoff occurred. Life [and bills] were a bit scary, but creativity prevailed. Then the transformative happened- the…
December 2013 "That will be different next time," a man relayed nonchalantly, multi-tasking a phone call into his evening commute like so many of us do. My little one's leash…