Food + life + work at home
Food + life + work at home
Some people are organized. For some people, when it’s May, they’re developing and shooting their Fourth of July barbecue recipes and table settings, putting together their patriotic house tours, and getting it all published early enough in June for you …
Skillet nachos are a summer entertaining staple in our house. At pretty much every gathering, I’ll throw one of these pans, filled with chips, cheese, beans, and various other toppings, out on the table while we’re cooking up the rest …
I’ve spent a very large part of my life being self-sufficient. Life required it at some points. And at other points, I just preferred it that way. And while all of this can be positive work wise, I’ve sometimes gone …
I never was much of a baker. I could whip together a mean chocolate chip cookie when the mood struck and I do like an occasional sweet, but until lately, I never did a lot of baking. If I did …
When my doc talked to me about getting more calcium into my diet, this probably isn’t what he had in mind. However, I made this particular milkshake with my own homemade vanilla ice cream, which I’ll share soon, fresh milk, …
I have the wrong idea about foodies. I think that if someone is a self-professed foodie, they’re someone who loves food and feeding them should be a lot of food. But a lot of people I know have the opposite …
Ages ago, before I brought this blog into existence, I toyed around with starting a cooking blog under the title “Bright Red Notebook.” Why the title? Because just about all of my recipes in progress live in the bright red …
Food is philosophy in that what we serve on our table tells our stories, and what we like to look at on our plate and taste tells who we are. Here are some of my musings on the tastes that …
Today I’m sending up our own tribute to a pioneer and explorer of both the world and the world of food, who greatly inspired me with his words and his world view. Here’s why the words and work of Anthony …
We’re celebrating summer in Virginia with these delicious Chesapeake crab cakes loaded up with fresh summer sweet corn and tomato salsa, the perfect meal for a balmy summer day! Good morning, friends, and happy Monday! There is such a thing, …
Hi, I’m Kris, and this is my incredibly supportive husband, Scott. He’s the reason this little blog – or any of my creative endeavors, for that matter – exist at all. And yeah, let me get some content up here …
