Adventures in Cooking

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 of “so, now what?” As someone who loves a big ...

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

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 do love a good savory creamy dish, so I made this decadent layered butternut squash and mushro...

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 be connected to my plant nursery, The Squeaky Barrow. I have…a lot of dayd...