“As you discover the secrets of Salt, Fat, Acid and Heat, you’ll find yourself improvising more and more in the kitchen. Liberated from recipes and precise shopping lists, you’ll feel more comfortable buying what looks best at the farmer’s market or butcher’s counter, confident in your ability to transform it into a balanced meal. You’ll be better equipped to trust your own palate, to make substitutions in recipes, and cook…
“Cooking, I found, gives us the opportunity, so rare in modern life, to work directly in our own support, and in the support of the people we feed. If this is not “making a living,” I don’t know what is. In the calculus of economics, doing so may not always be the most efficient use of an amateur cook’s time, but in the calculus of human emotion, it is beautiful…
If you happen to follow along here, then you will know that Laura Wright of The First Mess needs no introduction. Her gorgeous plant based blog and recipes have always been an inspiration to me, and I’m sure to a lot of you too. She is a genius when it comes to a good sauce (hello creamy garlic dressing) and has a knack for celebrating the beauty of each season through her vibrant food…
I woke up in the middle of the night with a list of things ‘to-do’ in my head. I’m usually quite proud of my solid sleeping skills (two minutes in the car and I’m out) but this past week has kept me up tossing and turning a bit more than I’m used to. In the morning I woke up and made a list of all the things that were keeping…