Cooking on the road.

Rob and I enjoy having access to a decent kitchen when we travel, so we can take full advantage of local produce and other goodies. Like the Lowcountry shrimp we’ve been eating almost daily here in …

Provisioning: packing food for a road trip.

Rob and I have managed to carve out a life we love in our tiny corner of the world: We enjoy cooking at home, drinking wine, being outside together. So when we travel, we’re not all …

Better than store-bought: Homemade sea-salt crackers.

Homemade crackers? Why, you ask. Because a) they’re beyond delicious and b) they’re fun and easy to make. Get the recipe!

A different approach to cooking.

Rob and I have had a number of wine-fueled, dinner-table conversations in recent weeks about our personal approach to cooking, and whether it might be a model, in some small way, for a different way to …

Life as a newly hatched freelance writer.

On the heels of my very first week as a freelance writer, my longtime friend and colleague, Ilise Benun of Marketing Mentor, interviewed me for the Creative Freelancer Blog. Our conversation was great, not only because …

This week at the farmers’ market.

One word: Strawberries!!! The first crop of strawberries showed up this week—not too many, yet, but they’re absolutely delicious. I had a bowl of sliced strawberries with vanilla nonfat Greek yogurt and a sprinkle of Turbinado …

Etsy’s food marketplace.

If your local farmers’ market is anything like ours, you’ll find in addition to fresh produce all manner of homemade prepared foods: fresh pasta, granola, breads, cookies, chocolates, even dog treats. I imagine it’s a hard-core …

The Findlay Market Cookbook

My cookbook, The Findlay Market Cookbook, is Cincinnati’s local cookbook — a celebration of local food as it’s best represented by Cincinnati’s historic public market.