by Toni | Dec 18, 2022 | Come Home, Everyday Enchantments, Let's Eat, Sinful Sensations
Welcome to Midwinter; the December Solstice may mark the beginning of Winter for some, but for the ancients in the British Isles (and for some moderns like me, as well) the Winter Solstice begins the turning of the seasonal wheel toward Spring, when light, hope and...
by Toni | Dec 18, 2022 | Come Home, Farmer's Market, Let's Eat, Meat Masterpieces
There are many ways to make shepherd’s pie, most of them quite humble since this was originally a peasant dish, not an aristocratic one. Traditional recipes use lamb (which I am doing here) and a white potato mash for topping. Yep…meat and potatoes, that’s about...
by Toni | Oct 13, 2022 | Be Simple, Come Home, Everyday Enchantments, Live Green
Once upon a time there was a fine lady named Alice, who was an expert seamstress. Alice had a beautiful daughter, very tall and slender with a thick braid of golden hair that swung in sassy fashion as she walked. Her daughter’s name was Mary Lynn, and she was about to...
by Toni | Aug 1, 2022 | Be Simple, Come Home, Everyday Enchantments
Have you ever opened a book, heard the author’s voice as she speaks to you for the first time and thought: “I know her! We must have spent time in my kitchen together. Or…she must be reading my mind!”? It was just this way for me when I opened Tamar Adler’s An...
by Toni | Apr 21, 2022 | Come Home, Let's Eat, Live Green
For Earth Day this year, I have posted a rather lengthy read on how we can grow our own backyard ecosystems and ditch our do-nothing lawns. One of the many benefits of making this change is how delicious and nutritious things become—not just for the pollinators we...
by Toni | Apr 20, 2022 | Be Simple, Come Home, Live Green
At the end of the movie The Wizard of Oz, the Tin Man asks Dorothy what she has learned that will take her back home to Kansas, the only thing she’s wanted since falling from the sky into the magical land of Oz. Here’s her answer: “If I ever go looking for my...
