I’m bestowing you this elderberry syrup through a smoky haze, as the local wildfires have arrived about a month early this year. We are lucky in that our home is very airtight, so the smoke isn’t getting into the house, but my heart goes...

My raspberry bushes were subpar this year. I ended up with just about a cup of berries for 5 very large raspberry plants, which left me very sad indeed. But to be fair, I didn’t really prune them last/this year because I was so...

If you couldn’t tell from the continuation of my cherry kick from last week, I may have bought too many cherries. As such, I am plopping myself into your inbox with yet another delicious cherry recipe. Namely, this delightfully juicy, sweet, tangy, and spongey...

One of my favorite things about living in the Columbia River Gorge is the close proximity to delicious local orchards, cherries in particular. There’s a little town called Mount Hood Parkdale that has what’s known as “the fruit loop”, where you can drive around...

Summer has indeed sprung, and its once gentle sunshine has turned slightly murderous as the temperatures in my garden continue to climb far beyond what my plants prefer. My chamomile is particularly wounded, and all but three of those poor plants have dried out...

Yesterday at dusk I saw the first little fawn (i.e. baby deer) of the year. There were two, in fact, hobbling tenderly behind their mama along the ridge behind the backyard. I cannot get over how tiny their little heads are, (and the dusting...

Well hello again. I am writing to you after finally handing in the manuscript for my cookbook Modern Homestead (this past Sunday in fact.) After working on it for 18 months (including the proposal), it feels simultaneously exciting, liberating, and also a lingering sense...

This is a recipe I’ve had dog-eared for a few years now. I don’t recall how I first came across it, probably somewhere in the depths of the internet, but as a lover of both seafood and savory pastries, it really wedged its way...

Over the years I’ve slowly began to make more gifts myself than I purchase ready made. I love that I can put thought into what that person likes and customize the gift for the recipient, whether it’s via scents like my homemade bath salts...

I’m resurfacing after a month of working on the book + traveling to share a cozy recipe with you just in time for the upcoming holiday season. Like many folks, my stomach has a hard time with heavy cream and the like, but I...

Autumn is in full swing, and in accordance with October’s culinary traditions, I bring you a new recipe celebrating the humble pumpkin (side note: this is also what I’d name my coffee shop, if I ever get around to opening one someday. It would...

Another month has come and gone, and I’m deep in the thralls of recipe testing for my new book. I was optimistically hoping to post here more often, but I think once a month will probably be what I’m capable of until the book...