If you ask me what my favorite things about the fall are, I’ll never be one to name pumpkin spice anything. But give me an appetizer full of delicata squash and, well, you had me at Delicata Squash Bhajis. Are you pondering just what the hell a delicata squash is, yet as you skip through …
If everything in my organic garden just froze overnight, then apparently it must be the first day of fall here in the mountains of Southern California. Here at 7,000 feet, under the Jeffrey pines, no, we don’t mark the beginning of autumn by Starbucks offering Pumpkin Spiced Latte to every girl named Taylor in UGG …
Here you can find me on vacation somewhere in a creek in the High Sierra, explaining to my dog that this is what freedom looks like. To me, this is vacation: a lazy afternoon sitting in an icy mountain creek, tossing handfuls of Nashville Hot Trail Mix at my face while my dog and the …
Now that it’s finally October and I’m no longer afraid to turn on the oven and accidentally heat our entire mountain cabin to the temperature of Palm Springs in July, you better believe the slow-roasted autumn favorites are back. And right near the top of that list is Veal Bolognese—rich, slow-simmered, tomatoey Italian comfort food …
Aw, the serenity of autumn. Pumpkin Spice Lattes are back, I can finally pull my UGG hiking boots out of storage, and I can hike uphill without sweating through every gently thrifted article of clothing I own. Most importantly, it’s finally cool enough that I’m no longer terrified to turn on my oven. Soups, stews, …