9,474 steps  I woke up around 6 am to a thunderstorm with a few flashes of lightning. No one else heard it. Then I couldn't get back to ...

A whole lot of steps Trash total: 22 bags, 11 hand loads I spent the morning cleaning and organizing the back room. I like a nice tidy works...

I've been perfecting a no-knead artisan bread for the past 7 years. I've combined recipes and techniques from the New York Times no-...

For the gathering last Sunday, hosted by some women from my church, I made a dark chocolate tart. I decorated it to look like a tree of life...

Tonight we had simple but extraordinarily delicious dinner: Dijon chicken with new red potatoes (from our garden!). I went back through the ...

A reader requested the recipe for the tomato soup that Zari had so happily smeared all over her face and belly. It's on this post ; scro...

Looking out the window and waving hello and goodbye to the cars Our dog, hoping for some attention The best (and easiest) bread ever: New Y...

Some cookies we always make during the holidays, from my German grandmother. Lebkuchen Lebkuchen is German for "bread of life"...

French Onion Soup Serves 8 ¼ c vegetable oil 5 onions, sliced 2 cups white wine 8 cups beef & chicken stock salt to taste b...