Hospitality for the Coming Age

Adrienne commented today on an old post of mine about simple starts to eating locally. It reminded me what practice it truly takes to make up new dishes. But to cook from the fridge (so that food doesn’t go to waste) requires such creativity.
In college I always had standard Mexican food on hand (you know, [...]

We had a delightful housewarming party on Saturday, with many dear friends. Some of them brought presents. Some of the presents had no tags. At the end of the night we opened the lovely gifts and cards, and were left with a few mysteries.
If you gave us a housewarming present, thank you! If you aren’t [...]

We just moved into a new house that we really love. We’ve been anticipating living here for months, and now that we are it feels like a treat - even with half-empty boxes still littered about, and a long list of to-do projects.
I am excited to give tours, but find myself making lots of apologies [...]