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The Inspiration Board (aka My Palpable Pinterest)
Airport magazine stores are like brightly-lit rabbit holes. While in my normal daily life I can usually steer away from the gossip columns and red carpet reviews, in these said holes I seem unable to...
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The Recipe Testers Guild
I think it's fair to say we have an actual solid structure, a concrete building to warmly house the ideas and plans of this endeavor. The walls of said structure are being fashioned out of:1. A Table...
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The Pie That Binds Us
My Monday morning mind is feeling frantic, trying to decide what to write at the moment. There's just so much to say... I mean I know that moving to a new place comes with its own ornery momentum - a...
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A Farmer Ken Connection and Quatre Epices
Quatre Epices - a spice mixture that in French means "four spices", which is deceiving because the recipe I have from Robert is actually made with 8. Anyhow, it can be used in almost every dish...
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Cloud Cliff Bakery, the Mennonite Name Game, and a Pie Crust
Every Mennonite knows the nuances of the well-known "Mennonite name game", the dance and banter between two Mennos who are first meeting as they attempt to find a common thread between themselves in...
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The Food Story of Leah Stuckey
"The macaroons sort of cemented things." - Leah Stuckey"That's where this Jewish Kosher Retirement Facility came in..." - Leah StuckeyGenerally speaking, Mennonites have never been loners. We travel in...
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"The Butters" by Leah
I must say I was completely honoured (I’m half Canadian so you might see the queens “u” pop up every now again in my blogging. Jus reppin’ my Canadian brothers & sisters!) when Katie approached...
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Lemon Sorbet Bubbly and The Mennonite Writer's Conference
Oh hey, Katie here! As you know, within this project, there is the work of the whisk and the work of the pen - The cooking and writing portions of a cookbook that is. Let us not get too focused on the...
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Honey's Innovation on Shoofly Pie, Part 1
“Tradition without innovation is mere stereotype.” – Alan WeissThe Recipe Testing Guild has been baking away! The first round of recipes included Keturah's Lemon Pie, a Chocolate Pear Tart, and our...
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Shoofly Honey Pie, Part 2
I've lately been reading Janet Clarkson's Pie: A Global History. In her chapter regarding the universal appeal of pie, I whipped my ever-ready pencil out for a quick underlining. The underlined...
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A Love Letter to Robert
In 2010 Robert Reynolds, my dear teacher and friend, had cancer.But that year he battled it out and walked it off. He baked cakes for the nurses who shot chemo up his veins and snuck Armagnac into...
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Bigfoot and Bread, Part 1
So I have this voice inside my head, and he's really annoying me. After the recent food writer's retreat I attended with Cook & Scribble, I've taken to calling him Bigfoot. Despite the name, it is...
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Bigfoot and Bread, Part 2
Here in Part 2 of 3... I'd like to introduce you to my Bigfoot, my inner critic, that I spoke of and find so annoying. Today I'm aiming to shut it down. Why do that here? you ask. Fair question. Well,...
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Bigfoot and The Beautiful Bread, Part 3
Last week I baked bread at home for the first time since I arrived in Santa Fe - this town that sits at 7000 feet. You see making yeasted doughs at this high altitude is an intimidating task at best, a...
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Keturah's Fast and My Unexpected Road Trip
Great Grandma Keturah’s diaries, the ones I once traversed the Puget Sound for, recently made a trip in a large Rubbermaid container, each book wrapped cautiously in tissue paper. They travelled in the...
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The Leaf Lard and Woven Basket, Part 2
To get caught up, check out Part 1 in this series, Keturah's Fast and My Unexpected Road Trip._________________________________________________________________________________My car and the clock did...
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Traveling with Shanda and Tina Fey, Part 3
If you're just joining us... Welcome! Catch up on this Road Trip series in... Part 1, Keturah's Fast and My Unexpected Road TripPart 2, Leaf Lard and the Woven Basket. Every road trip comes with an...
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How To Get Swindled for Oysters in New Orleans, Part 4
New Orleans has the power to pause clocks. In the Big Easy, it feels as though Shanda and I are launched back to some past century where old laws keep developers are kept at bay. They limit donut...
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The Hope in the Marshmallow Tree, Part 5
What Charleston often looks likeFrom Atlanta to Charleston is a mere 5 hours and 300 miles. I’d told myself this many times as I prepped for the last leg of the trip.... 5 hours... a drop in the bucket...
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Peach Galettes and Mascarpone Orange Blossom Cream
I am now several weeks into life in Charleston, and the stickiest parts of transition are thankfully behind me – finding work (pastry chef at Two Boroughs Larder and blogger at mac & murphy), a new...
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