I’m so very happy I had the opportunity to collaborate with Portland Apothecary for their fall herbal share. I illustrated three of my favorite recipes of the season to be included in the share, but we’re also making them available online for everyone to enjoy. Please print it out, post it on your fridge, and share […]
Over the weekend, I got down like it was 1776. Fiddle-playing, foot-stomping, tavern-thumping partying, Colonial Williamsburg style. I was there for the Grand Illumination celebrations, when the entire village was decked out in wreaths, garlands, and bonfires. I was in Williamsburg visiting my grandparents and 96 year old great grandma from Brooklyn (and she’s got […]
Arroz en leche is my favorite cold season comfort food and childhood throwback. The traditional Guatemalan recipe calls for cow’s milk and condensed milk as a sweetener, but since we all have that one vegan friend (or are that one vegan friend), I’ve chosen to share a plant-based, whole grain version, which I find just as yummy and arguably healthier than the original.
What do you do when the days are long, the nights are cool, and your best friend is in town? You snatch up that perfect day like it’s going out of style.
beat the heat with agua fresca, the mexican love child of fruit juice and water with a squeeze of lime (and maybe some vodka)
Today is Imbolc, the first day of the Chinese New Year, and a new moon. Time for new projects and new experiences. Imbolc, an Irish pagan holiday, is one of the four cross-quarter days that fall between an equinox or solstice – Imbolc falls between the Winter Solstice and the Spring Equinox, and marks the […]
A week ago, I got the flu shot. A couple days ago, I got the flu. Well, maybe not the flu, but I’m coughing and sneezing and achy and whiny and emotional. I’d like to blame my cold on the recent shift in weather, or on my friends and coworkers who have been battling their […]
Returned from the farmer’s market with a copious armful of seasonal goodies. Zucchini, corn, heirloom cherry tomatoes, small onions (the heat has stunted their growth), purple basil, heirloom peppers, peaches, apples, beets, arugula, spinach, and eggs from Araucana hens, which make those lovely blue and pale green eggshells. That night, I wandered through the neighborhood […]
