It’s official! Maggie is working on her second cookbook and we couldn’t be more excited about the new direction, a slight departure from her first cookbook, Food Gift Love {think healthy-ish, with greater emphasis on healthy than “ish”, dishes and cooking habits that have shaped…
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In Vermont, he often wakes first after hearing the noisy birds shouting from the apple trees by the bedroom window. Those birds are likely chirping, “Hello, sweeties, let’s begin the day,” only it sounds way harsher than that. It resembles something like straight-up yelling. In…
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Walking around a boisterous tiny Vermont downtown is the sort of indulgence I only allow myself very early on in the summer season or very late, after all the leaf peepers have left for more fiery leaves further south. I am a big…
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I can’t seem to tie up any one loose end right now. I have an unending list of recipes to test a thousand times – but once I cross one off the list, another one pops up. I don’t have a signed lease for a commercial…
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Everything changed when we “discovered” panzanella. Suddenly salad could have chunks of bread and the definition of “greens” began to shift to include all manner of decidedly non-leafy fruit and vegetables. A classic tomato-mozz-basil-and-ciabatta became our go-to potluck offering and…
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Too many spots. It was an unspoken rule. When the bananas had too many spots they were turned into banana bread. No matter the kitchen – my mother’s, my aunt’s, my grandmother’s – the bananas were, without question, carefully separated…
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Everyone wants to know how to make dinner work, because when it works it is a great source of pride, connection, and light at the end of a long day. But when it doesn’t work, dinnertime is depleting, depressing, and…
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The one bright spot in winter and even early spring is all of the lovely citrus it brings. The array of lemons, oranges, grapefruits, pomelos, and limes is staggering and begs to be savored and preserved. But, let’s be honest,…
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Welcome to The Cooking Sessions, a series of one-of-a-kind cooking/lifestyle classes taught at chez moi (yesss!). For years, I’ve been working to bring people together at pop-up markets that offer hand-chosen, small-batch food and through the recipes in my cookbook, Food Gift Love. After sharing kitchen experience while…
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Discovering new makers, who create exciting, beautiful, and delicious products is one of the best parts of this job. And sharing these discoveries with you is really why we do what we do. So, we’re incredibly excited to tell you…
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