Why do I love to bake? I love to bake because the process simultaneously works with absolute truth and mystery. I like that it is so hard, but that there is a path to making it work. And the path is set out. The alchemy has been described and written out for me, but it…
pie for the equinox
We are one of those families floating in the vague fog of spirituality that you find these days, and that has its ups and downs. Being in a culturally Jewish/ Pagan family with some added Buddism and an Episcopalian grandfather never really bothered me, but something shifted when the girls were born. (Something? What didn’t…
nectarine buttermilk cake with lemon verbena sugar
I had a funny day yesterday. I know that funny is not a good word to describe anything, it might as well be interesting, or nice, and you’d have equally no idea what I was trying to get at. But in reflecting on it, that’s all I’ve got. I’ll try to explain. Yesterday was a…
blueberries and cream muffins
There have been two culinary opportunities in my life that I have really blown. Wait, now that I’m really thinking about it, there are more than two, but there are two that I just can’t seem to let go of.The first was in Morocco. It’s hard for me to show you this, because I’m really…
bittersweet citrus tart with jasmine cream
Well, It’s 6:57 in the morning, and they’re gone already. The mist is hanging on the field out there and I always can’t help but feel like it’s me starting first grade today. As someone who writes about food and kids and all those things, I often get requests for lunch ideas. Starting today, once…
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