Second in a series of concise gift guides for the 2015 holiday season. On the docket for today? Things that transform jars into travel mugs and water bottles,[...]

With the holiday gifting season upon us, there is no better time than now to share a few pages from Maggie Battista‘s lovely new book, Food Gift Love.[...]

One of the things that started my preoccupation with canning jars, lo those many years ago, was their versatility. You could store just about anything in[...]

I realized yesterday that I had a choice. I could either let the heaviness of life and current events get to me, or I could embrace the holiday season and[...]

A light, silky apple butter with shot through with fresh ginger. Try it with latkes instead of plain applesauce. Back in October, Janet sent me two boxes.[...]

The first in series of concise gift guides for the 2015 holiday season. Today, let’s talk about cooking utensils! I first started collecting cooking[...]

It’s the start of a new month and that means that it’s time to thank the companies that help make this site possible. As we head into the holiday season,[...]

These are two books that have been sitting on the top of my desk-side stack for a while now and I’m so happy to be sharing them with you. Both would[...]

Over the last couple years, I’ve fallen hard for fermentation. This time of year, I regularly have jars of cabbage, carrot slices, or cauliflower[...]

I hope everyone had a lovely holiday and that you’ve had a surfeit of turkey, stuffing, and cranberry sauce. I must confess, this was not my most[...]

Hey friends! I hope everyone had a really terrific Thanksgiving and that you’ve got that turkey carcass simmering into stock as I type (instructions[...]

I’ve been making yogurt at home off and on for years. I started doing it because I was trying to reduce the amount of plastic that was coming into my[...]

Last week, a day or two before I left for Portland, I made three batches of jam in rapid succession. The first was a combination of pears and persimmons. The[...]

During my visit with my parents earlier this week, we spent some time talking about the coming holidays. Mostly, the conversation was strategic. We mapped[...]

For the first time in a very long time, I’m cooking a Thanksgiving meal this year. Scott’s family is celebrating the Saturday before the actual[...]