Mollie Katzen was at Sixth and I synagogue talking about her latest cookbook, The Heart of the Plate, tonight. With her groundbreaking hand-drawn Moosewood Cookbook and The Enchanted Broccoli Forest, Mollie was truly a pioneer for transforming the dinner plate and putting vegetables in the limelight, rather than the conventional serving of meat. During this golden age of […]
The last unofficial weekend of summer was spent with my family on Chincoteague Island, a tiny barrier island off the coast of Virginia. The sun was hot and the ocean water was cold. We made a big peach pie using my friend Kari‘s secret recipe. Ate fresh littleneck clams by the handful. Went for late […]
A couple months back, Emily Hilliard of Nothing-in-the-House pie blog and baking co. and I started up a blog collaboration with me visiting her very pink kitchen and baking grapefruit and pepper tartlets. And now, Emily has returned the favor and has written up a lovely blog post featuring yours truly, plus my mama’s recipe […]
When friends ask me if homemade pie crust is really essential to a good pie, this is what I tell them. Look – a pie is made of just two things: filling and crust. You can have the most amazing, handcrafted pie filling in the world, but if your crust is lousy, your pie will be […]
Multiple friends told me I had to meet Emily nearly two years before it finally happened. We both live in DC, keep food blogs, and have a mutual affinity for folklore, fiddles, and brown leather boots. But for some reason, the connection eluded us until we finally met at the opening party for Emily’s self-published […]
This one’s for you. Yes, You, who fear the oven in general but especially when the holiday pressure is on. You, who are joining your friends for a Friendsgiving and have never made a pie before. You, who are too busy with work and kids and life and think you don’t have time to cook anything, ever, […]
This weekend marks one month since A and I moved into our new home. HALLELUJAH. Nothing like a homemade pie to celebrate. After work on Friday, I walked myself over to Petworth’s first farmers market of the year. And you better believe I snatched up the last of the rhubarb before any man, woman, or […]
Welcome, November! The month for vegans, Native American heritage, punkin chunkin, flossing, the Quidditch World Cup, and overeating. I might not be so good at quidditch, or flossing, but overeating? Yeah, I can do that.
Saturday afternoon, I filled up a big stockpot with roasted pumpkin soup. For dessert? A honey sea salt pie with fresh nutmeg whipped cream, the ideal salty sweet.
