i hope you eat good food, grow beautiful things, and have more love than you know what to do with.
My bronze fennel is a reliable plant that has really just kept on giving. It produces beautiful crops of fragrant fennel seed, and its tasty fronds are great in dumplings or salads, or for an accompaniment to seafood. The anise flavor is divine. It seems …
It’s been over 4 years since I started on this journey and it’s had its ups and downs. I thought I’d give everyone an update on my progress as far as my edible landscape/food forest goes. The good thing is, everything is maturing and filling …
This is a recipe featuring fishmint (Houttuynia cordata), also known as the chameleon plant, or yu xin cao. I grow it in my garden, having gotten a bit from my parents since it’s an attractive ground cover. It’s used often in southern Chinese and Vietnamese …
There’s a Greek restaurant near me that makes an absolutely delectable charcoal octopus, tender and grilled to perfection. They usually serve it with a side of vegetables and some lemon potatoes. I don’t always finish the lemon potatoes, so rather than letting it go to …
While it isn’t a true perennial, rather, biennial (meaning it dies after the second year when it flowers), parsley (Petroselinum crispum) is a staple in my food forest. I actually never really used it in my cooking until a few years ago, when I started …
My sister (follow her on IG @cibopathy) came over today to help make sense of the boletes popping up on my front lawn. We decided to do a ravioli because she was classically trained in Italian cooking and could teach me how to make pasta …
My local butcher usually has frozen cut beef bones in their freezer section. At about $3 for 5lbs of it, I couldn’t help but pick some up. The trick to making ultra decadent roasted bone marrow is to not allow the fat to be rendered …
Once my onion chives are out, I know spring is right around the corner. A wonderful substitute for scallions, onion chives are a staple in my kitchen. They’re often the first to appear after winter, and the last to leave after fall. Allium schoenoprasum, common …
While shiso is mostly known as an Asian herb, it has many delicious fusion applications as well. It’s fruity, minty, citrus tones making a great accompaniment to this burrata salad! Serve with toast points and a nice, finishing olive oil for a slightly different but …
