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I met a woman named Elana not too long ago. We met in a hallway of a hotel at a conference and as soon as we met I felt like I had known her for a…
I spent Labor Day weekend cruising the cotton fields of the Arkansas Delta. By the end of it, there were more doves than any one person could consume.
This lead me to invent all kinds of recipes to keep it interesting, as well as churn out some classic recipes from the Italians in the region –…
There's something special about celebrating a book where it all began.
I've been to all of these cities in the past few weeks, but New York is my true home, where this personal odyssey all began. And so it was nice to be there, to be home, and celebrate with my old friends and family and…
It all started when someone told me I sounded like Greta Garbo. I blamed it on the cotton fields of Arkansas where I'd spent the weekend, but I now think the cotton fields are innocent.
Let me back track for a moment.
I had a book shindig at Omnivore Books in San Francisco last night. My friends…
Fruit vinegars are a great way to enhance the flavor in almost anything and a good way to use an over abundance of fruit. You can use them to deglaze the pan of a roasted chicken or pork chop, add them to green salads and fruit salads, or add them to sparkling water for a…
It seems impossible that I'm finally writing this. But I am.
Two years ago I set out on a personal odyssey. I had grown up in the country where I fished and foraged, and used my hands, but now night after night in the corporate world, sitting blurry-eyed, scrutinizing excel spreadsheets and watching the cafeteria…
Last week I took part in a "Tuscan Photo Shoot." I was the food and food styling girl, and the other two masterminds were photographer Nicole Hill Gerulat of A Little Sussy, and prop/model stylist Danielle Gold.
Nicole is an excellent photographer so I didn't bother taking any money shots, but I did take the…
So, I'm taking my horse and wagon around the country. And the wagon is going to be full of one book, called "Food Heroes." It has my name on it too. And I'm going to be hawking it in town squares and such.
That's how I like to envision it. It's quite possible it will be…
Remember yesterday how I showed you a glimpse of a strange figure in a hazmat suit wandering through the woods?
That was my dad.
He only comes out of his hiding place to feed the bees. My interactions with him are solely when he's wearing netted head gear.
Just kidding.
But we do both have…