I am so honored to be sharing this recipe from my friend Lauren McDuffie’s brand new cookbook Smoke, Roots, Mountain, Harvest – which features stories and recipes inspired by her life growing up in the Appalachian Mountain South. The moment I began reading her book, I knew it was a treasure. Lauren has a way… Read more
Zucchini season is upon us! Whether you grow it in your own garden or its growing in one of your neighbors’ gardens, you are bound to end up with some (or too much) zucchini at some point this summer. That is the exact predicament that we are in right now, we have SO much zucchini… Read more
Sun Gold cherry tomatoes are the star of our summer tomato patch yet again. Year after year they prove to be the most productive cherry tomatoes that we grow, so after harvesting almost 2 pounds the other day, I just knew I had to create a recipe featuring them! This saffron chili sun gold tomato… Read more
Oh, how good it feels to put a blog post together! It has been far too long since I have sat down to share a recipe here with all of you. Life has been full these last two months and I am feeling grateful for all of that I was able to accomplish, but I… Read more
This recipe is a revelation! By combining literally just TWO ingredients you can create incredible chocolate pots de creme that are dairy-free and egg-free! This recipe came from my dear friend Matt Flores, who has been the chef at many of the workshops that I have hosted. He learned of this mind-blowing dessert from a… Read more
I am so excited to be able to share this recipe for malasadas from my dear friend Alana Kysar’s new cookbook ALOHA KITCHEN! If you want to win a copy of her book head over to my Instagram to enter! Hawai’i will always be special to me. And if you are a long time reader… Read more
If you have never heard of the spice blend called hawaij, then allow me to introduce you to this intriguing spice blend that originates from Yemen. Until last summer, I had never tasted hawaij, which means I was completely oblivious to the greatness of this spice blend. But as soon as I experienced it for… Read more
While we were in Greece last year, the spice company New York Shuk reached out to me for a very special project. They asked me to create a collection of images that would tell the story of how someone in our Greek village would use their spices in their kitchen. Because this project means so much to me, I have decided to share what I created for them… Read more
