These days I gravitate more and more towards simplicity. A rustic simplicity that’s clean but not cold, warm but not busy. Every month I get rid of more of my possessions asking the question “is this …
Crème Fraîche, Cornmeal, & Pumpkin Coffee Cake + Pepita Streusel
Today was my first real day of fall. I brought two spectral pumpkins home to the porch, a petite ivory one & a stately albeit pockmarked blue-gray one, and then I made this cake: a cornmeal & …
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Buttermilk Beignets + Chicory Crème Pâtissière
I remember New Orleans as if from a fever dream. I ran away from home at seventeen, all the way to Bourbon Street. I blamed it on an existential crisis. I still do. Well that and an unholy fear of a …
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Coconut Tres Leches Cake
Today marks the day of one whole year of {local milk}. It may seem like an over-statement (it’s not), but this space has changed my life. It’s given my work direction. It’s given me purpose in a new …
Peach Curd & Rosewater Tartlets with Basil Whipped Cream and Nasturtium Flowers
The summer solstice is fast approaching, and this is food for the denizens of summer, the fair folk of the emerald isle of Tír na nÓg, the faeries. I used to believe in them. I believed in diaphanous …