2022 Reading

After not posting on this blog in over a year, I have finally decided it is time to play catch … More

2021 Reading

“The appetite for silence is rarely an acquired taste.” – Emily Dickinson I started reading consistently again, and before getting … More

Lately I’ve been obsessing over flowers. After picking up a copy of Monica Nelson’s book Edible Flowers, Bougainvillea agua frescas, … More

This Spring, I learned via Alexis Nikole Nelson (@blackforager) that Magnolia petals are edible. The discovery has been joy on … More

I FOUND PUFF MUSHIES! Growing in a fairy ring no less… In January I found my very first puffball mushrooms. … More

DL;DR: Chicken of the woods are a delicious foraged mushroom to cook with, but always be an informed/ cautious forager. … More

I know, I know, I know: real carbonara (i.e. traditional… can we 86 the term authentic?) is made with cured … More

Los Angeles has no shortage of culinary inspiration, and the farmers’ markets here have been giving me all sorts of … More

When I moved to California (May 2021), I went months without really cooking anything in my new kitchen. I had … More

Before I left the East Coast to move to the West Coast, I had one final foraging adventure: garlic mustard … More