This pesto is spring in a jar. Tender pea shoots blended with pistachios, parmesan, lemon zest, and olive oil – bright green, lightly herbal, and completely versatile. It comes together in minutes and works on everything from pasta to grilled fish to a simple piece of toasted bread. What makes it different from a standard…
Meyer lemon is baked into soft cookies topped with lemon glaze and sprinkled with naturally green pea shoot sugar. This bakery style lemon cookie recipe is perfect for spring, full of seasonal citrus and sprinkled with botanical sugar. Bake a batch for for festive gatherings, or as a sweet afternoon treat. Meyer Lemon and Pea…
Pea shoot sugar is a lightly herbal infused sugar that captures the fresh, green flavor of young pea shoots. It’s an easy way to preserve spring herbs and adds a subtle botanical sweetness to tea, yogurt, baked goods, and cocktails. With just two ingredients, this infused sugar becomes a unique seasonal pantry staple. What is…
Pea shoots are one of those ingredients that arrive quietly and disappear before you’ve made enough of them. The tender young tips of the pea plant, they have a fresh, lightly sweet flavor that tastes unmistakably of spring – grassy and bright with that underlying note of garden fresh peas that makes them completely their…
Stewed honey apples with bay leaves are a soft, fruit topping for late winter breakfasts.
Shake off the winter doldrums with this bright breakfast recipe featuring frozen strawberries flavored with earthy bay leaves. Perfect when spooned over yogurt, cake or ice cream!
This white bean and escarole soup is hearty, and not too heavy. Perfect for colder winter months and filled with pantry staples, like dehydrated, earthy mushrooms and canned white beans. Escarole leaves are torn and add a touch of bitterness to the soup. The savory flavor of sweet Italian sausage combines beautifully with toasted, crunchy…
Valentine’s Day doesn’t have to mean crowded restaurants or prix-fixe menus.
This year, I put together a simple Valentine’s dinner at home — a cozy menu for two that feels special without being stressful. It includes a rose cardamom cocktail, a simple beet stem appetizer, lobster ravioli with shrimp sauce, and pistachio cookies for dessert.
Everything can be made ahead or finished quickly, so you can actually enjoy the evening together.
If you’re planning a relaxed, romantic night in, you can find the full menu here:
Stewed plums is one of the simplest ways to turn seasonal fruit into a calm, make-ahead breakfast. Gently cooking black plums concentrates its flavor and softens the texture, making it ideal for spooning over yogurt with granola or nuts. This version is lightly sweetened and seasoned with star anise and ginger, which pairs naturally with…
These chamomile madeleines are light, tender, and softly floral, sweetened with honey for a warm, rounded finish. Chamomile flowers are infused into the batter, giving the cakes a gentle aroma rather than a strong herbal flavor. They’re simple, unfussy, and meant to be enjoyed slowly – ideally with tea, in the afternoon, or as a…
These pistachio heart cookies are buttery, softly nutty, and finished with a dark chocolate dip that adds just the right amount of richness. Finely ground pistachios give the dough a natural green hue and a tender crumb, while the heart shape makes them feel thoughtful and special. They’re the kind of cookie you’d happily bake…
This Cara Cara olive oil cake is light, moist, and gently citrusy, made with yogurt for tenderness and finished with a simple citrus glaze. The olive oil keeps the crumb soft and fragrant, while Cara Cara oranges add a subtle sweetness and blush-toned citrus flavor. It’s the kind of cake that works just as well…
Don’t throw away beet stalks. This zero waste recipe uses the tops of the beet root plant. When roasted, they turn tender on the inside and lightly crisp on the edges, with a flavor similar to chard stems or celery root. This simple recipe pairs roasted beet stalks with a smooth white bean purée, bright…
Stewed bosc pears are one of the simplest ways to turn seasonal fruit into a calm, make-ahead breakfast. Gently cooking halved bosc pears concentrates their flavor and softens the texture, making it ideal for spooning over yogurt with granola or nuts. This version is sweetened with sugar and honey and seasoned with clove and vanilla,…
Cara cara gin cocktail with rosemary simple syrup is a refreshing, bright combination for a cocktail. Cara cara oranges are less acidic than similarly hued blood oranges and a little sweeter. This citrus and rosemary laced beverage is perfect for lifting the winter blues, gin has natural herbal undertones, that work well with the rosemary…
Stewed meyer lemon is one of the simplest ways to turn seasonal fruit into a calm, make-ahead breakfast. Gently cooking meyer lemon concentrates its flavor and softens the texture, making it ideal for spooning over yogurt with granola or nuts. This version is lightly sweetened and seasoned with nutmeg, which pairs naturally with meyer lemon…
Stewed fruit is one of the simplest ways to turn fresh or seasonal fruit into a calm, make-ahead breakfast. Gently cooking fruit softens its texture, concentrates its natural sweetness, and creates a spoonable consistency that works especially well with yogurt and granola. Unlike jam or heavily sweetened compotes, stewed fruit for breakfast is lightly cooked…
This site is filled with nut based drinks. They show up quietly, the same way they do in baking or cooking — for body, softness, and depth. Pistachios are a colorful replacement for almonds when mixed into a tropical ginger drink. Roasted chestnuts are swirled into melty chocolate and served hot. Homemade orgeat syrups are…
There’s something so calming about slow December evenings – the soft winter light, the quietness of the kitchen, and the comfort of familiar and cozy spices warming on the stove. This pistachio eggnog fits right into that feeling. It’s creamy and gently sweet, with a natural nutty flavor from real pistachios and just enough spice…
Deliciously sugared, spectacularly sparkling cranberries. Make this simple recipe for candy coated popping cranberries! This recipe differs from traditional sugared cranberries with the modern twist of an inclusion of powdered sugar; this provides a crunchable candy coating to sugar simple syrup soaked cranberry fruit, encasing each cranberry in a festive sweet coating. Cranberries usually have…
