Dear Katie, I too have continued to cook but stopped writing about it. Forgive me! To be fair, we did need to take a brief hiatus to meet up in southern California, which was lovely. I’m getting back to it because I made something so fantastic that Eric immediately asked me if I was going… Read More The Ultimate Tomato Sauce

Dear Katie, I’m sorry that the beet rosti didn’t work out! The recipe does have a somewhat narrow sweet spot, so I suppose it was sort of mean of me to suggest it as a first attempt at cooking beets. I hope you’ll give it another go if you get beets again – feel free… Read More Cooking with Wine

Dear Charlotte: I got started a little late (as in last night) in trying to do the rosti.  It didn’t go so well.  In fact, I’m not including any pictures here.  I’m not sure what it was that I messed up (timing? heat? butter?) but it was just a giant mess.  I did like four… Read More Failed Experiment

Dear Katie, I’m glad the soup was a success! It looks delicious and I appreciate all of the pictures of the process. Rainbow carrots are as tasty as they are gorgeous, and I think that might be one of the prettiest rainbow carrots I’ve seen. I was afraid that the soup might be time consuming… Read More Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.

Dear Katie, I’m excited to embark on this culinary collaboration with you! I must admit that I’m jealous that your CSA has already started. I’ve got probably another month or so before I start getting my shares. I want to take you through my thought process because I think it speaks to the level of… Read More Week One Ideas