Helping cooks of all kinds create a little magic in every meal! I write approachably inspired recipes, share secrets from my formal culinary training, and offer insights from my 10+ years of food industry experience. Join me for delicious musings, always with a dose of informal attitude and an occasionally enchanted edge π
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Helping cooks of all kinds create a little magic in every meal! I write approachably inspired recipes, share secrets from my formal culinary training, and offer insights from my 10+ years of food industry experience. Join me for delicious musings, always with a dose of informal attitude and an occasionally enchanted edge π
recently in the π kitchen August 1 marks the start of Lughnasadh, the traditional beginning of harvest season. A time of bounty and abundance. A time to start getting excited about efforts becoming yield. Concepts very much on my mind these past few weeks as we spent some time visiting family in the Midwest. Look in any direction out there and it's miles upon miles of cornfields and rolling row after row of soy. The sheer volume of it is humbling, in the best of ways. Knowing that each plant...
recently in the π kitchen May and June were quite a time. Between working through a flurry of migraine treatment options, then recovering from a small lumpectomy (nothing scary thankfully!), it has been a little more medical than usual around here. Acceptance of the fact that simply existing in this particular body of mine is its own part-time job (full-time? OVERTIME? π ) hasn't always come easily to me. But I do feel like I'm getting there. In the meantime, I'm practicing giving myself two...
April's recipes in the π kitchen Well, it's been a few months since I sent out this allegedly "monthly" email. A lot has happened! The site got a big upgrade (as did the extent of my technical expertise π€) and I've been learning my way around a new camera. In the midst of it all, lots of goodies have gone up recently. Indulgent Pink Peppercorn Shortbread and Carrot Cake Oatmeal Cookies, balanced by solid dinner options like Chimichurri Pork Chops and Lemon Pepper Chicken Legs. Plus, a recipe...