Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. There was just something endlessly thrilling about dressing up in costume, running around in the dark, crisp autumn evening air, smashing soggy leaves underfoot as you ran from house to house, and loading up on candy. I...

A few weeks ago I was lucky enough to be able to host a food styling & photography workshop with the talented Carey Nershi in rural New York. We stayed inthis renovated barn in a small town called Denver, nestled at the top of...

Halloween is getting closer, and before I start sharing a few spooky recipes, I wanted to share one last Porktober recipe for the month. This recipe features the delicious sirloin tip roast, a juicy cut of meat from the upper back that is as...

  It’s been a long, strange summer here in Oregon. Since the move, we’ve been greeted by one of the driest periods of time I’ve ever spent in this state. It’s only rained a handful of times and, without central AC and a master...

Earlier in the week I promised you another cozy cool-weather recipe, and now I’ve returned to deliver on my word. For those caramelized onion fans in the crowd (which, let’s be real, is pretty much everyone), I’ve got something very very special for you....

Things in the garden are winding down, the cooler weather is slowing the production of my tomatoes and my pumpkins are now a bright burnishing orange. I didn’t grow any heirloom winter squash this year, but was craving it like crazy so I picked...

Well friends, it seems like fall is finally here. The crisp morning air, the overcast skies, and slowly but surely decreasing daylight hours. This time of year always leaves me craving something rich, juicy, and comforting. And that something is pork. I didn’t truly...

Growing up, my diet consisted almost entirely Greek food. It was delicious and well-prepared and I was incredibly lucky to have two parents who were both very gifted in the kitchen, but it was a pretty sheltered diet that at times left me in...

I made this cake a few weeks ago for a celebration. A celebration of something I’ve wanted and worked towards for a very, very, very long time. My dearest friends, I am writing a cookbook! And I could not be more ecstatic about it!!...

Heirloom tomatoes used to be very difficult to find outside of niche farmer’s markets, but with each passing year more and more of them are finding their way into large national supermarkets. Like apples, each heirloom tomato variety has its own unique taste, texture,...

  I know I haven’t mentioned the kitchen remodel very much recently, and that’s because it’s been going very, verrrry slowly. A couple weeks ago Jeremy was pulling up the old linoleum flooring and foundeven olderorange and brown-flowered vinyl flooring underneath (hello,1970.) We had...

Ah, stone fruit skillet pie. Is there no better concentration than the flavors of a fleeting laid-back summer? Last weekend was Jeremy and I’s one-year wedding anniversary, so we went up to the Seattle area in Washington for a little weekend getaway. Work on...