EVERYTHING IS ON THE TABLE

+ My Little House on the Prairie Moment Wow, at a time when there are infinite things to write about, my mind is feeling like an empty...

+ The dining room table desk I was a cookbook editor for years, and now I work for an heirloom bean company. Not to toot my own horn, but...

+Mom's retro heirloom pottery I'm not the biggest fan of winter squash soup, but... =>Put it in my mom's awesomely 70s bowl that she made...

+The Little Helper Tool Box I think I've written before about my obsession with Joshua McFadden's book, Six Seasons. One of my favorite...

+ Seed-saving preschoolers I had frozen chicken stock. I had a half-bunch of kale wilting in the fridge. I had some old potatoes. I had...

+The Amazing Backyard Four-Leaf Clover Patch Over at Rancho Gordo Press (a very important and professional book publishing house that...

+A Kindergarten Grad Beets and greens from our Riverdog Farm CSA box, nasturtium flowers from our garden....it sounds like the ultimate...

+ Kissing Tonsils We have made many variations of this chowder, and it's never been bad. Sometimes we use potatoes instead of beans,...

+ Mr. Sensitive Plant I am a sucker for those soggy green salads drenched with miso dressing at Japanese restaurants. The miso dressing...

+ Separationists vs. Combinationists Is it a stew or is it a salad? I haven't decided yet, but it was good! We get a CSA box every other...

+ Kindness Week I sell heirloom beans for a living. It may be the most random job ever. But I love it. And I have learned to love beans....