Feed your family. Feed your soul.
Four and a half years ago we published our inaugural blog recipe and adaptation of Julia Child’s Coq Au Vin, which remains our most successful to date. Since then we’ve gathered quite a following and created a community around our desire to simplify cooking for the …read more
Several months ago I attended a workshop at our food incubator located in Chicago, The Hatchery. I always love trekking down to those events filled with inspirational food artisans. I’m never sure, who I will meet or what interesting new food I will taste. So I …read more
The name “Silk Road Pumpkin Soup,” conjurs up images of ancient trading and movement of not only silk but other goods such as spices across the vast landmass of Eurasia and via circuitous sea routes.
As my family already knows, I am definitely not a short order cook. I will happily plan make eggs on toast or a quick pasta pesto for dinner, but whatever it is we all sit down to eat the same meal.
Faced with row upon row of eye catching, beautifully illustrated cookbooks in Barnes & Noble it took some time to choose the right cookbook for Meg’s Christmas basket. The selection criteria were simple – I wanted to find a book I believed would be more than a “one …read more
Dear Zen Friends – Thank you for joining us on our slow cooking journey! Before we look toward the New Year together we would like to take a moment to look back at our highlights from 2016…
On Christmas Eve my Goddaughter, Anna, an up and coming public relations professional, asked me what were the most important things I had learned in business. It was an interesting question and it led us into a discussion about trust, discipline and intention.
Back in September when Meg was on a tour of the California coast celebrating her anniversary, she sent me an idea.
Fresh cranberries remain one of the few fruits which only appear seasonally in the grocery aisle. Every November when they first arrive, I snap up a bag and vow to expand my repertoire from the season’s mainstay – cranberry sauce.
We’re fully embracing the holiday season and between the requisite quarrels over who gets to measure the flour first to how many times they each have licked the spoon, my vision for a perfectly orchestrated holiday cookie baking bonanza last weekend with my girls has now …read more
While we have promised not to share our personal political beliefs on our blog, I think it’s fair to say that the U.S. election scene has been fraught with challenges over the past year, and has caused many of us to more fully examine our …read more
My youngest, Connie, has been noodling around with the idea of becoming a vegetarian for some time, however it still came as a bit of a shock when she announced her new regime just moments after finishing the apple pie and cream course of our turkey – with …read more
