My Christmas Cottage Kitchen
Pour a glass, slow down for a few minutes, and join me in the Christmas cottage kitchen.
Read More On the Homestead: Home
Our early 1900’s house has been our little home for the past few years and in that time, we’ve dialed the timeline back by exposing hardwood floors, uncovering shiplap, and celebrating the quirks of this old orchard cottage. Watch the transformation as we celebrate what this “cottage style” has to offer.
Thinking backwards in the garden…
It may seem a bit, well, backwards… but sometimes before we plant something, it’s best if we’re thinking backwards in the garden. Ultimately, what we plant and grow will end…
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“Every recipe should have the handprint of a family.”
You know those live experiences that you never are the same after? That was me meeting Melissa Muller of Feudo Montoni in Sicily. I don’t think I’ll ever see food,…
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A Quick, Rustic Apple Dessert
If you don’t have time to make a pie (wonderfully delicious but slightly more fussy) than I hope you’ll give this quick, rustic apple dessert a try. It’s what I…
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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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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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Copper Cookware: Sourcing, Care, and Maintenance
The copper cookware post. The post that every single person on the entire internet has been begging me to write for the last decade. No? Well at least some of you have. I know…
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All I had to show for it.
After the last dishes in the sink are scrubbed and tucked away for the night, at least at this time of year, I immediately scurry outside to the gardens. In…
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Come tour my spring cottage gardens!
It’s late spring here on the farm – and the cottage gardens are looking so wonderfully beautiful. Come tour my spring cottage gardens and enjoy the bird song, crunchy gravel,…
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Fast Food on the Farm
Here’s the reality: when the flowers begin to bloom and there are tomato plants to get in the soil, I’m less inclined to spend a ton of time in the…
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