Gilding the Lily since 2006
Whoa, the article I wrote about the Galloping Gourmet won an MFK Fisher Award! I’m thrilled to announce that I’ve won an @lesdamesintl MFK Fisher Award for my article “Before There Was Guy, There Was Graham,” published in @taste last December. It’s my first food …
Why did we stop drinking whiskey before breakfast? I tackle the topic for Extra Crispy!
Ever wanted to learn a few basics of home fermentation, like making your own Jewish deli-style dill pickles, grainy mustard, or even kimchi? I can teach you how! I’m offering basic classes all summer long in my beautiful historic farmhouse kitchen right in the middle …
I wrote about the breakfast habits of 17-century witches for Extra Crispy, possibly giving the anti-grain contingent a bit of ammo in the process. St. Anthony’s Fire sounds fucking dreadful.
My latest book is now available, and I really hope you’ll read it! “Berries are our food, our drink, our medicine; they get us high, they tell our lore, they underscore our social identities. Though they be diminutive and endearingly sweet, they should not …
What’s the deal with blue raspberry, anyway? I talk all about it in my latest piece for TASTE.
I wrote a feature for this month’s Portland Monthly Magazine. It’s about the crazy life of Henderson Luelling, whose orchard was the birthplace of the Bing cherry, and who went on to launch a doomed free-lovers colony on Tiger Island.
Remember eating pizza with your family while the dulcet tones of Pinball Wizard tore loose from a Wurlitzer pipe organ? The 1970s were real special times. I wrote about the Organ Grinder and the history of pipe organ pizza joints for Taste.
This venison is ridiculously good, but the salad? Five stars, would visit again. Don’t look now, but Valentine’s Day is just around the corner. Practice the gentle art of seduction by staying in to cook for that special someone (or #treatyoself) with this sexy plate: …
I got this shio koji on Amazon, but will check Uwajimaya for a locally made koji for my next project. Beauty shots of the purty little shio koji-aged @creekstone_farms ranch steaks. Ranch steaks come from the chuck primal, and here I’ve aged them for three …