Spring vegetable ramen
So, buying a house is maybe the biggest roller coaster ever… we’ve been so spoiled. Our first experience, in buying our current home, was probably the dumbest, but also the easiest ever. We didn’t...
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During the week, I’m guilty of repeating often that I should pack my lunch, or should eat a good breakfast, but rarely getting it done. As we count down the days to our move, though, to a slightly...
View ArticleShakshuka with sausage and kale
How do you like your eggs? I feel like this all-important question has haunted me since Runaway Bride. Because as much as I’d like to pick just one… I’m sorry, I like them all, and I like them pretty...
View ArticleMy grandmother’s date bars // Archiving with HP Sprout
There was a time when I thought we led a pretty minimalist existence — the little voice that told me I could live in a tiny house was strong. Then I moved. In moving spaces, it suddenly occurs to a...
View ArticleGrilled vegetable & herb sandwich
For many years, I was a very well-behaved vegetarian. Tofurkey was my jam. I blame Mark for my downfall — those delicious, meat-eating ways. The good news is that sometime before my behavior bit the...
View ArticleSalt & vinegar roasted potatoes
I grew up on the coast, with a vast ocean just a few miles from my home. I felt strangled in my small town, and when I stared at the ocean in the clean, crisp, salt air, I saw nothing but possibility....
View ArticleSour cherry ice cream
Lately it seems like our life is all new – new house, new job, new colony of bugs in our mailbox… But there’s something exciting about the possibility of it all, so we’re rolling with it – and it’s...
View ArticleSquash blossom salad with blackberries and burrata
As a little girl, I remember sitting for hours in the grass, making flower crowns from wild daisies, and occasionally from my mother’s nasturtiums… the first time I realized that flowers could be...
View ArticleButtermilk waffles with sweet summer plums
August is a lesson in slowing down. The heat and humidity set in and, against our better judgement, we find ourselves sitting longer, stalling more… taking the time to savor each moment as the last...
View ArticleHomemade dill relish crostini with peaches and quark
What’s the best thing a girl can do to a torn-to-pieces, totally pitiful construction zone of a house? How about boil a big pot of apple cider vinegar so it really smells like home… Okay, I don’t want...
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