How To Bring Your Kitchen To Life!
Home from three weeks of guiding guests through Umbria, Shaye shares the simple, practical ways she breathes life back into a tired kitchen — from fresh air and a rising loaf to a well-stocked harvest table.
The One In Which I Cry (Friends, I Owe You One)
Tomato season, a second trip to Italy on the horizon, and a big brand change: a few honest confessions from my kitchen, plus our new video on making Italian bruschetta and preserving basil for winter.
Are you being "bothered" in the kitchen?
Listening to Anthony Bourdain's Kitchen Confidential while I wash the dishes got me thinking about the home cook's kitchen, and whether we're being 'bothered' in it.
The Common Art of Kitchen Work
Chicken salad, stock simmering on the stove, flowers in jars on the counter: the everyday kitchen work of a home cook is its own kind of art. A few thoughts on rescuing the common art of cooking from the daily grind.
Well, That Was a Disaster
Leaking quiche, flat croissants, and a soggy Easter table. A few of my kitchen flops, why simple food is what makes from-scratch cooking sustainable, and why you should never let a disaster convince you to quit cooking.
Emotionally Squishy
The plague hit our little cottage, and I was the last one standing (or lying down). On sickness, soup, and some unexpected relief.
The Mess Is the Point
A sick week, a floury floor and a freshly scrubbed counter undone in five minutes. On why the mess is the point, dairy-free biscuits for Georgia, a new cottage video, and dreaming of Italy.
The Unnecessesoirée: A Soirée for No Reason
Six years ago a few friends and I started a supper club with no reason at all. Why we break up winter's monotony with sequins and roasted olives, and how you can host your own.
Small Inconveniences
Notes from the barn, the kitchen and the dormant garden: why winter food on repeat is still delicious, the small inconveniences worth keeping, and holding on until lilacs and asparagus.
A Kind Kitchen (+ My Favorite Jeweled Winter Salad)
A tired week, a winter pantry that carried us, the first lambs of the season, and my very favorite Jeweled Winter Salad with apples, pomegranate, walnuts and feta. Free printable recipe card included.
This Is How Dinner Actually Happens
Despite running an online cooking school, this is how dinner actually happens on busy nights: a frozen chicken straight into the oven, simple sides, and everyone gets fed.
I’ve Got 99 Problems (and They’re All Jars)
A letter on cooking, clutter and delight: why beauty in everyday cooking matters, tackling a pantry full of jars, building a ‘safe’ family grocery store, and woodpeckers outside the window.
