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Ordinary Storm
Happy brothers over pancakes. The storm has come and gone without much impact in Troy. The street is quieter than a Sunday morning. Everything closed in anticipation of trouble, but trouble is south of...
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Gratitude
Gratitude gets a lot of traffic this month and that’s just fine. Scanning people’s daily statements on Facebook about what they feel grateful for, I am impressed by the effort. This grand scheme to...
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Minus Cake
How I thought I'd feel about quitting cake. Friday night, outside of Felix’s school, I heard the auctioneer’s song. “Forty-five,” Fred’s voice boomed out to the sidewalk. “I see forty five for this...
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Seasons
We diehards are just taking down our Christmas trees. This year, I spent Christmas in Seattle instead of upstate New York. I am a tribal brat so I get a little pouty about missing the rituals I...
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Crackers
When I first made crackers three years ago, I loved them and wondered if I would start making them instead of buying them. They didn’t get into heavy rotation, mostly because I got tired of rolling...
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Cake
I love cake like nobody’s business. I love the thing of cake, iced and promising tastes and textures, and I love the idea of cake, manifesting birthdays and other special occasions. I went through a...
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Grain Brains
I’ve started a new project this year with my friend Alan Richardson, and we’re writing about it on From Scratch Club. We’re challenging each other to get more whole grains into our mouths, not just our...
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Pie Day
Sundays are turning into pie days. Not sweet pies, but handpies filled with vegetables. I fell for pie all over again in Seattle in December. Not so much because I had amazing pie, but because I met...
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Felix Baking
Felix is falling in love with baking. I am surprised, because he would rather talk than eat, but he loves to make things, so it does make sense. Duct tape was long his medium, and now he is never far...
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Francis is Fifteen
Felix and I baked a cake for Francis’ birthday on Sunday. Choosing what kind took me a while. This is his first birthday away from us – how odd! Usually he’s here to order what he wants, but I wanted...
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Tiller Love
Troy-Bilt, Troy Grown Published by Metroland, April 2013 The legacy of the little rototiller that could has had a multigenerational impact on Troy’s bustling urban agriculture I don’t get enough...
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Public Television Gourmet
Learning to cook through borrowed books and daytime TV — first published on Metroland “When you’re tying up the carrot, be careful that the cheese doesn’t slip out,” my son Felix said from his...
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Pancake Breakfast
Felix’s class had a pancake breakfast to raise money for a class trip. Pancakes are paving their way to Washington, D.C. As soon as I heard about the fundraiser, I called dibs on the griddle. I debated...
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Bike Ride Pie
This pie earned its name twice. Every day I ride to the Cohoes Falls. Depending on my route, the trip is 10-14 miles. No matter which way I go, I pass important places: the great peach Victorian house...
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Field to Griddle
Field to Griddle Published by Metroland, September 25, 2013 “A workshop on pancakes? Everyone knows how to make pancakes,” a woman said, shaking her head. “What’s there to learn?” I was at the From...
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Luxury
I turned 20 in Boston. I dropped out of Hampshire College because I thought I was going crazy and I didn’t want to feel that anymore. I figured if I went to a city and got a job, things might get...
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Beyond Gluten: Understanding Bread’s Bad Rap
Seedlings of my favorite white pastry wheat in the fall. I’ve taken a break from this blog while writing a book about people who are growing and using grain outside of the wheat belts. I am grateful...
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Hot Cross Buns
Syrniki made and photographed by Ellie Markovitch. Just before Easter, my friend Ellie Markovich made Ukrainian cheese pancakes Friday night and put this picture of them up on Facebook. I said I wanted...
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Outdoors
This morning I started some bread dough. We weren’t out of bread, and I can’t really chew because I had dental surgery Thursday (while waiting for the novacaine to kick in, my surgeon told me stories...
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Flour Goes to the Moon
What if we went to the moon and no one noticed? That’s what’s going in regional flour, I think. Le Moulins des Cedres at Les Fermes Longpres. Photo credit Loic Dewavrin....
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