Roasted Clementines.
One of my favorite things about this time of year is that things get fresh again. Of course, things never really stop being fresh — we just lose sight of the freshness. It’s not our faults, though. I...
View ArticleJanuary: Crushing on… Grapefruit.
Grapefruit is one of my favorite fruits, but I manage to overlook it much of the year. To me, it is very much a January fruit — here just in time for the post-holiday clean-up, but also just in time to...
View ArticleBlood Orange + Chocolate Chip Scones.
As you might have noticed, blood oranges are getting busy pushing their pretty little way through the produce section this time of year. As the days get shorter, colder, darker, and — let’s be real —...
View ArticleWinter Chutney with Fennel, Apricot, and Orange.
I’ve lived in colder climes long enough to know that, in the wintertime, this is what you look for — small specks of brightness. Sometimes such brightness is granted to you as narrow, tidy beams of...
View ArticleHomemade Fig Newtons.
Something magical and somewhat unbelievable has happened to my body: Suddenly, it seems willing to tolerate gluten again. I gave up gluten a couple of years ago as part of a gluten sensitivity...
View ArticlePeanut Butter and Jelly Overnight Oats.
Last week I told Troy that I was looking forward to the fall, and he laughed at me as if we were steerage passengers on the Titanic and I had just expressed an excitement for New York. So it’s looking...
View ArticleBaked Donuts (and Mini Donuts!) with Blueberry Glaze.
It’s been a long time since I’ve had the kind of job where I’ve shared an office with a group of other people, but when I first moved to Boston, I did. It was a big office, lined with cubicles and...
View ArticleButtermilk Donuts with Strawberry Jam Glaze.
We’ve turned the page on July and August is now before us — which is quite generally my annual cue to start obsessing over all things autumn. This is the case more than ever this time around, as I wade...
View ArticleBlueberry Pie.
Let there be pie. —— Blueberry Pie. Adapted from Call me Cupcake. Ingredients: For the crust: 2 1/2 cup + 2 tbsp all purpose flour 1 tbsp powdered sugar 1/4 tsp salt 11 tablespoons cold butter, cubed...
View ArticleCranberry Meringue Pie.
A month into fall and we’re just barely creeping out of the summer weather zone here, deep down in southern Mississippi. After months of oppressive heat, it is finally nice enough to reasonably expect...
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