Growing Kale from Seed to Harvest

I climb up and over the retaining wall to reach the patch of soil that holds the beets. It’s a small yard, so I’ve taken every inch of possible growing space, including this awkwardly placed spot between two stone walls on a steep slope. It’s inco...

I am completely in favour of unironically embracing pumpkin season. This - very old, look at those photos! - post I wrote in defence of pumpkin spice goes into more depth on the topic, but I don’t care if it’s basic to like pumpkin spice, I don’t ...

One of my personal takeaways from recent food-world controversies and the discussions about cultural appropriation and inequality in professional food spaces that they elicited, is that I’ve been too quick to dismiss the foods of my own heritage a...

People find cooking fish intimidating. It’s the increased pressure of fish’s relatively quick cook time. It’s the processing that’s sometimes required. Gutting, scaling or filleting at home is bound to be unfamiliar to most people who aren't profe...