Butternut squash is an ingredient that sounds wholesome and looks vibrant, but admittedly, I avoid eating more than a few bites in most dishes. This changed when Vivian Howard coaxed a little extra deliciousness out of those vivid golden cubes, in her cookbook Deep Run Roots. She adds just the teeniest bit of brown sugar […]
Nobody thinks they’re going to be the kid with the weird childhood stories, but then you grow up and realize all the ways your experience was a little outside the “normal” box. Chili, for me, is one of those things. For as long as I can remember eating chili, I remember my Mom making herself […]
In 1 Kings, Solomon is chosen to build God’s temple and he spares no expense. Cedar, gold, and precious stones are the building blocks, and they are used in quantities beyond imagination. Three chapters describe the intricate labor that went into constructing the temple in all its exquisite detail (even gilded gourds!). Quite pleased with […]
When someone tells me they are “just gonna have a salad” the look on my face is one of pity and confusion. I don’t understand why they would punish themselves like that. That is a bit tongue-in-cheek, but really, when it comes to eating salad for dinner, it has to have substance. Today I am sharing six tasty salad […]