{local event} Weekend of Baking

I tend to stalk people who intrigued me. Most of these people are intrigued with flour. Two of my favorite flour people are going to be teaching together soon. If you like flour at all, you will love this. Richard Miscovich and Kate Lebo are teaming up for a weekend of baking at foodwriter Molly…

{community voices} For The Love of Good Food

I grew up loving food, so much so that I fluctuated between 180 and almost 200 pounds from the time I was 18 until after marrying my hubs at 33, almost eight years ago (we joke that I was overweight and he was bleach-blond when we got married…must have been true love). Much of what…

{Remembering Attica} The Loaf

Even though I write for a food blog, my real passion is prisons.  I worked as a prisoners’ rights attorney for the last seven years.  Before becoming a lawyer, I was an academic administrator and teacher in a prison college program at a men’s maximum-security prison.  Most recently I spent a lot of time hanging…

{WNIMK} Winter Summer Rolls

Editor’s Note: What’s New in My Kitchen Wednesdays, is a weekly post where we weave a personal story with a review of a beloved or new “item” in our kitchen, in our glass or on our plate. Alexis was inspired by the sight of rice paper spring roll wrappers in the grocery store. -Christina There…

{Dark Days} Week 2: A French Dinner in New York

Editor’s Note: This is the second week of a 4 1/2 month challenge, taken by 88 blogs spanning the country, to eat one meal a week as local, sustainable, ethical and organic as possible. You can click the link on the right side bar to read more! – Christina I tossed around several meal ideas…

{THEME WEEK} Meals in Busytown

Since its the holidays and for many of us, the craziest time of the year, we decided to focus our attention on easy meals for busy times. Each of us will feature a “go to” home cooked meal when life is hectic. I am NOT going to say that we’ve put a cooking-time limit on…