When I considered starting Life as we Cook it, I gave a lot of thought to the kind of recipes I would be posting, and the type of writing that I would attach to them. I briefly considered keeping it black and white: this is the food I cook, this is why, this is how…
Coconut & Raspberry-Drizzled White Chocolate Popcorn
For over four years, I have been gifting Easton’s teachers with mason jars full of food that comes from our kitchen: cookies, marshmallows or chocolate bark*, usually. For the holidays, I give them proper presents, but for other occasions, like Easton’s last day in their class, Teacher Appreciation Day and Valentine’s Day, we bake. To…
Furikake Guacamole with Japanese 7 Spice Blend Tortilla Chips
You may think that two furikake recipes in one year is overkill. Personally, I think it’s a serious deficit. Trust me. I’m aware that the foods that top my list of favorites — chicken liver, salmon roe, canned and fresh sardines, really intense cheeses — are easily found on other people’s, not-in-a-million-years lists. So, I…
(Fresh) Cranberry Feta Scones
I have a babysitter once a week. I feel incredibly lucky for our amazing babysitter, and for that one day. As I’m learning, life as a freelancer is weird and unpredictable. Some weeks, I’m not sure how it will be physically possible to get all of my work done between Reeve’s daily nap, the girls’…
Triple Sesame Cookies
There are a lot of reasons why I haven’t been blogging: we traveled as a family and I need time to mentally prepare and recover, I think I’m having a bit of a career crisis, and Reeve naps less and is go-go-go much more. But truthfully, it’s this: I became obsessed with perfecting one cookie…
Creamy Corn Soup (Minus the Cream)
Am I the only one who needs to work hard to control myself around a big pile of corn on the cob? You know the situation: you walk into your grocery store, or at the farmers market, and there they are: three or four giant wooden bins, filled high with cobs. People surround those bins,…
Fresh Tomatillo & Avocado Salsa
The girls constantly surprise me with what they will and won’t eat. A small (in no way complete) list: Shrimp, lox and tuna? Yes. Broccoli, asparagus and cauliflower? Yes. Tofu, anchovies and aleppo pepper flakes? Yes. Feta cheese, omelets with seaweed and pickle-flavored almonds? Yes. Pickles and olives? Yes. Easton Really good (store-bought) frozen black…
Seeded Whole Wheat Pizza with Garlic Scape Pesto, Zucchini & Corn
Mommy, has Reeve had chicken yet? This is a common question in our house. Easton, ferociously in love with her baby sister, lives to touch her at all times. Early on, we had to start saying: When you’re finished eating those blueberries, you have to wash your hands before you do anything else. Your sister…