Red Wine and Cranberry Poached Pears Red Wine and Cranberry Poached Pears
Dessert
Things have been kind of crazy around here. I’ve been sloooooowly going through all the ceramics and linens and cookware I’ve accumulated over the years for my food photography stuff in order to put together a studio sale with the hopes of lightening the...

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Homestead
Well it certainly has been a while since I’ve updated about the homestead’s progress. Two years, in fact! I’d hoped to update each year at the very least, but to be honest, last year was incredibly difficult and it was hard to talk or...
Creamy Potato and Fennel Bake Creamy Potato and Fennel Bake
Main Dish
I love a good, thin, baked and layered potato situation. When the edges around the slices get nice and crispy, and the center stays fluffy and soft, it’s just absolute texture perfection. So I put together this little creamy potato fennel bake to get...
Apricot and Almond Cake Apricot and Almond Cake
Cake + Cupcake
The first appearance of apricots at the market signals the start of that lovely, leisurely slide into stone fruit season, and boy am I glad. After the hard and unforgiving root vegetables of winter and the optimistically crunchy peas of spring, I’m ready for...
Cognac Photography Workshop by Eva Kosmas Flores Cognac Photography Workshop by Eva Kosmas Flores
Workshops
This past April I returned to Cognac to host a photography workshop with my friend and fellow photographer, Elise Dumas of The Pineapple Chef. I first met Elise at a workshop I hosted years ago in Spain, and was immediately drawn in by her...
Fig Leaf Syrup Fig Leaf Syrup
Beverages
The end of spring always results in a flurry of ambitious leafy growth on my fig trees, and for that I am both grateful and annoyed. When I planted the fig trees 5 years ago they were much smaller, and I didn’t have the...
Chive Salt Sprinkling Chive Flower Salt
Side Dish
Well my friends—chive flower season is upon us! I came to this conclusion the way I learn about most seasonal foods—from the proliferation of these purple, puff ball-like, flowers in the chive patch of the garden. I love seeing these blossoms come through every...