Introduction This was supposed to be a simple side dish—just a quick cucumber salad to accompany a hurried weeknight dinner. I grabbed the wrong peeler, … Read more
My roommate had insisted for years that energy bites were just trendy snacks with nothing special about them. Months of hearing her dismiss the whole … Read more
The summer I spent volunteering at a small community garden in downtown Charleston, I wasn’t expecting to pick up much more than a few gardening … Read more
The other afternoon, I was waiting in the checkout line at the grocery store when the faint scent of cinnamon and something warm hit me … Read more
Introduction This was supposed to be a simple tomato sauce experiment. I grabbed the wrong container — a jar of pine nuts instead of walnuts … Read more
Introduction “Last Thursday morning wasn’t supposed to be anything special. I had just popped in to grab a cookbook I’d lent my neighbor—and before I … Read more
The neighborhood block party was in less than two hours and I still hadn’t decided what to bring. Everyone else was rolling in with homemade … Read more
There used to be a tiny, unassuming food truck parked near the waterfront in Portland that served the most incredible creamy zucchini noodle pad thai … Read more
It was exactly 10:43 PM on a rather forgettable Wednesday, and I was hit with this odd craving for something sweet, salty, and—not gonna lie—a … Read more
This was supposed to be a classic Caprese salad, you know, the usual tomato, mozzarella, basil routine. I grabbed what I thought were perfectly ripe … Read more
