making life delicious blog
I always enjoy looking back on our favorite recipes from the past year, the ones that we would make over and over again. Though there are often many—and this year was no different—I try to keep the list down to twelve. So here they are, our family’s favorite recipes from 2012. We hope you enjoy [...]
Over the last several months I’ve made a number of changes to the site that I hope have been helpful. It started with a redesign late last summer and the new Print Friendly printer function which allows you to leave out the images and extra text so you can save paper when you print recipes. [...]
Last year I was invited to participate in a book project with Where Women Cook, a new magazine about women, the food we make, and where we cook. The book would have a celebration theme, and each of us chose our own thing that we celebrate, large or small or anywhere in between, and share [...]
Our weeknights can be absolutely crazy trying to get everyone home, finish their homework, deal with doctor appointments, oh and feed the family, too. I have a weekly menu, but sometimes it gets tossed out the window and we go to Plan B, C, D, or E. I have a couple sure-fire things that I [...]
After six months of preparation, we rolled out a new site design this weekend. With this new look and feel we hope that you’ll find the site easier to use and easier on the eyes. There may be a few glitches here and there, and of course we’ll track those down over the next few [...]
The second issue of Where Women Cook is now on newsstands across the country, and it features such amazing women as Molly Wizenberg, Sarabeth Levine, Chef Carolyn Robb, Tricia Martin, Ronelle Van Wyk, Cheryl Day, Maryam Montague, Orianne Cosentino, and Renee Shettler. To say that I’m honored and humbled to be included in the same [...]
Today is the day! Where Women Cook officially launches today and you’ll start seeing it at your local bookstore’s magazine rack. Congratulations to Jo Packham and the rest of the team for all their hard work! I can’t wait to get my first issue and I’m excited about being in the magazine later this year. [...]
Meet Jo Packham: artist, entrepreneur, publisher. She’s the driving force behind Where Women Create and the new sister magazine Where Women Cook, which hits the stands on December 1. Michael and I were completely delighted and honored to have Jo in our home last Friday for a photo shoot for the new book Where Women [...]
I’ve been dying to share this news but had to wait until I got the official ok, which came yesterday. I managed to refrain from adding a dozen exclamation points to the title, but it was hard. Really hard. Because I’m very excited!
Meet Anne, who writes about her love of food at http://annacotta.wordpress.com. Anne started blogging after her senior year in high school and says she’s “glad it stuck.” She spent a gap semester in Indonesia and fell in love with the food, and is now a college student spending this summer in a restaurant kitchen learning [...]
It's spring in the U.S. and the following foods may be in season in your area:
artichokes, fennel, fiddleheads, radishes, broccoli, rhubarb, kale, cresses, spinach, spring lettuces, chard, cabbages, chives, cilantro, collards, tatsoi, mustard greens, spring onions, asparagus, rosemary, wild garlic, ramps, strawberries, blueberries, cherries
Eat fresh seasonal produce to stay healthy and help your food budget.Learn more about seasonal and sustainable cooking at Sustainable Table - In the Kitchen.
