Sweet and Salty Honey Caramel Corn
Oh hi. It’s just me. Sipping an espresso. Eating my 74th handful of sweet and salty honey caramel corn. Pretending like it’s normal. I thought you’d like the recipe. You…
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It’s not always glamorous or clean, but at least life on the farm is entertaining, beautiful, and oh-so-delicious. Follow along with recipes, dreams and confessions, and garden growing here.
Pantry Soup: One of my go-to weeknight meals
Pantry soup. One of my very favorite weeknight meals! Don’t let the simplicity of this dish fool you. It takes a lot of effort to stock a pantry well –…
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Cooking Pasta Alla Norma | Food Travels to Sicily
Come with me to the Ballarò market. In this video, we’re buying ingredients for Pasta Alla Norma. The history of Sicily is complicated – they’ve been conquered and ruled over…
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Homemade Wine: Celebrating Our 2022 Zinfandel Harvest
Hey friends. I’m quite pleased to announce that the 2022 Zinfandel grape harvest is complete. The moment our family has waited over six years for has finally come and the…
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Sweet Potato and Baguette Stuffing
One time (literally, probably only one time) my kitchen was completely clean. The floor, freshly mopped, still glittered with moisture as it dried in the sun. The copper pans, with…
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Espresso at Casa Stagnitta | Food Travels to Sicily
Hi. It’s me. I’ve been (not so) patiently waiting to share our Sicily trip with you. It’s taken Stuart, my poor video editor/husband, a few weeks to organize the audio…
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With doors, I can do anything!
Last night, for the first time in over eighteen months, I was able to shut the door to my bedroom. The situation being our bedroom remodel that left us, for…
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Coming back home changed | Food Travels to Sicily
After a grueling 28 hours of travel back home from Sicily, some of which (I’ll be honest) I spent crying, we arrived weary and worn back on our own doorstep….
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Putting Your Kitchen To Bed
There is a deep and beautiful art to putting your kitchen to bed. What do I mean by this? I mean working that last 10% of your effort, when you’re…
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I’ll Take Every Morsel | Food Travels to Sicily
We left our farm at 7:03 AM. I remember the time precisely because Stuart sat in the car for a moment or two while the three littlest kids were waving…
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Managing Expectations
Managing expectations has never been my strong suit. During the course of our basement remodel, my impossibly pragmatic husband Stuart was constantly reminding me to keep said expectations in check. Don’t…
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Small crop from your garden? Make homemade giardinera.
The harvest from the garden doesn’t always go as planned and sometimes we’re left with a small crop of odds and ends to deal with. The answer to a small…
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