Category Archives: Cook

Red bell pepper. Yellow onion. Mushrooms. Garlic. Scallions. Cashews. A group of common ingredients that I used this week to make two radically different meals. I’d like to call this a brief study in “doing more with less.” It’s all about thinking creatively about the range of possibilities. With food, the sky is the limit.Continue reading “Oh, the Possibilities!”

I recall overhearing two fellow bread bakers at a church gathering: “Did you do bulk fermentation?” “Was your stretch and fold in the bowl, or on a board?” The technical terms they were throwing around so casually made me feel small. Not that I was even part of the conversation. I was merely passing byContinue reading “On Being a Beginner”

It’s Friday morning. After four days spent bent over a computer, huddled inside to escape the single-digit weather, and cringing through the pain of a stiff neck and shoulders, I feel like a brand new person. Sure, a chiropractic adjustment last night helped, and so does the sun shining through the window this morning, butContinue reading “Making Bread: Delighting in Embodiment”

I love the creative challenge of doing a lot with a little, especially when it comes to food. My husband and I just took a long weekend trip for our anniversary, and planned to cook most of our meals at our rental. We stopped at a Trader Joe’s before checking in, spending the amount ofContinue reading “Fruitful Boundaries”

I just took a loaf of bread out of the oven. The color is gorgeous . . . on top. The bottom? Well, let’s not look there. To own the truth, I forgot to reduce the preheat temperature of 500 F down to the actual baking temperature , so my bread was in the ovenContinue reading “When Things Don’t Go as Planned”

I just finished up a lovely bowl of leftover pasta from last night with just a little bit of the tannat that we opened as well to complete the experience. What I love about the pasta—aside from its delicious taste, of course—is the fact that it came together so easily from what I already hadContinue reading “Feed Yourself Well, with Creativity”