Adventures in Cooking

A generous dusting of rain is covering the homestead as I write, skies grey and delightfully foreboding, plants graciously bending up towards the water, grateful for the break from this exceptionally dry summer. This storm spell won’t stick around for long, but it is a comfort knowing that autumn and it’s constant drizzle is ju...

The summer is coming to a close, but it’s still been hot enough to coat me with a sheen of sweat whenever I go out to the garden after 10 am, so I’ve been craving lighter and brighter meals lately to weather the heat. We have our freezer stocked with filets of Alaskan salmon thanks to

I love savory pies. The buttery crumb, the salty filling, the alluring spices—it’s all good in my book. And tamale pie is a wonderfully southwestern take on such a dish. I’ve been making this for a while now, I first came across it years ago after hosting a photography worksop in New Mexico. We cooked primarily from the classic...