Homemade Sage Oil
Autumn is the perfect season to cook with infused sage oil and it’s easy to make.
Table
Food as memory, cultivation, hospitality, and belonging—recipes, ingredients, traditions, local foodways, and the stories gathered around a table.
Southern Comfort Food: Old Fashioned Tea Cakes
The storied history of the Southern Tea Cake ties us to those generations who made them before us.
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Returning to the Ginger Root
As another cold and flu season approaches, I find myself thinking less about the latest headlines and more about the quiet wisdom that once filled the kitchen pantries of our grandmothers. Long before pharmacy aisles stretched for hundreds of feet, families relied on the ordinary gifts of the garden and the pantry. They knew which
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Returning Home to Local Food
Farm stands, home gardens, and small growers shorten the distance between land and table—and remind us that food carries culture, memory, stewardship, and the life of a community.
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Don’t Miss the Harvest
Once I committed to eating fresh, local food in season, I began to notice something I had overlooked for years. The calendar wasn’t only measured in months. It was measured in strawberries, peaches, tomatoes, figs, pumpkins, and apples. Each one arrived with little fanfare, stayed only a short while, and quietly disappeared until the following
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The Story Behind Our Thanksgiving Turkey
Autumn has long been my favorite season. Late autumn, especially, carries a quiet beauty unlike any other time of year. The frantic work of spring and the abundance of summer gradually give way to harvest. Gardens empty. Fields grow still. Leaves loosen their grip on the trees and drift gently back to the earth from
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Beyond the Name
Every few years, the culinary world discovers something it acts as though it has just invented. Suddenly it’s everywhere. Instagram feeds overflow with carefully arranged bowls of vibrant vegetables, roasted sweet potatoes, leafy greens, grains, seeds, and colorful sauces. Pinterest is filled with thousands of beautiful photographs, each one more artfully composed than the last.
Chocolate Walnut Flourless Cookies
There is something quietly generous about a homemade Christmas cookie. Long before gifts are exchanged or dinner is served, a simple plate of freshly baked cookies on the kitchen counter has a way of making people feel welcome. They invite lingering conversations, cups of coffee shared by the fire, and the kind of unhurried hospitality
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