Salting the eggplant and letting it drain changes everything. So does double-breading. Plus, this is my favorite quick marinara for when you don’t have six hours but you need some tomatoes in your life.
Crispy Eggplant Parmesan
Salting the eggplant and letting it drain changes everything. So does double-breading. Plus, this is my favorite quick marinara for when you don’t have six hours but you need some tomatoes in your life.
Butternut Apple Soup
Probably the most interesting way you’ll ever see anyone make butternut squash soup. It’s like veggie tales but R-rated.
Roasted Winter Squash with Chili Oil & Mint
A lovely twist on the classic flavors of roasted winter squash. The contrast of the hot chili oil and the cool mint keeps your tongue dancing.
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Basic Stock
If you can boil water, you can make a stock! Use up your vegetable ends and bones and have stock on hand for soups, stews, and sauces!

Buttermilk Mashed Potatoes
Chase away the blandness of potatoes with buttermilk, cream, and a few well-timed seasonings to achieve the perfect mashed potatoes that everyone will want a second serving of.

Brown Butter Pork Chop with Peaches
A simple recipe for a tender pork chop with brown butter, peaches, and fresh herbs.
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4 Steps to Sourdough Starter Success
Four steps walking you through what a sourdough starter is, how to make a starter from just flour and water, getting your starter ready to bake with, and how to maintain it without hiring a nanny 😉

How to Open a Bottle of Champagne
A real-life approach to opening a bottle of champagne. Throw out the pretension and drink more wine!

The Pasta Series
The pasta series covers the basics of pasta making and shows you how to make pasta dough, shape and cut your dough, and finally how to make ravioli.

How to Supreme an Orange
A straightforward breakdown of how to supreme an orange.
In a Nutshell

Moving to New Orleans, LA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKHVgfij1aY July 30, 2017 Looking back on the week of the move there are a few things I would choose to do a little differently:

Kayaking to Fort Proctor
September 9, 2017 Saturday morning had dawned long before we got up but we still made it to St James Cheese Co in time for

Clotheslines & Sawdust
January 5, 2018 Our last few days in Colorado were all a bit of a celebration. Tori’s birthday was December 30th and we got Thai

A Trip to Antelope Island
March 16, 2018 The last few weeks have taken a happy turn, Tony and I had been getting a little desperate with our house hunt

How a Tuna Fish Sandwich Saved Our Relationship
June 15, 2018 The more I get to know Maine the more I want to stay. Last Friday I worked the morning shift at the

Summer In Maine
July 13, 2018 This Nutshell is coming to you days late thanks to the heat wave that is sweeping most of the U.S and my

The House, the Dogs, and the Cars
November 2, 2018 If you don’t know what Petfinder is, it is someones brilliant creation of an app that allows dog shelters to put up

A Bag of Bananas & a Bottle of Tamari
December 17, 2018 The month of December was a special time in my professional life. Let’s just be real here, I currently run a small
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Roasted Honey Almond Butter

Spring Vegetable Salad with Bacon Vinaigrette

Carbonara with Peas and Thyme

Carrot Leek Soup
