You may have outgrown green beer, but it’s still fun to pull together a St. Patrick’s Day celebration in honor of Irish culture and heritage. Soda bread, lamb stew, seafood pie, colcannon are all good places to start, but without corned beef and cabbage, are you really doing St. Patrick’s […]
In 2009, Camas Davis moved to France to learn how to butcher whole animals and make charcuterie. After over a decade working as a food writer and editor, Davis was looking for hands-on work in food, she
Most years at the beginning of December, I nestle some narcissus bulbs in a rock-filled pot, stick them in a sunny spot, and spend the month watching them grow. It’s a way to pay attention as the weeks careen by. Between closing out the year at work and school, shopping […]
With the first full week of the new school year upon us, the planning this week stayed pretty freeform. I pulled the rest of the chicken thighs and a brisket from my Butcher Box stash, took a look at the calendar to see what nights I’d have time to cook, […]
We’re officially back-to-school this week, but I refuse to yield to fall just yet, despite the chill in the air in the evenings. There are still tomatoes and corn to be eaten! Needless to say, the first full week back to school can be a long one. Even if the […]
This is a great recipe if you are looking to get some fresh summer flavors from the grill. Inspired by ingredients from West Asian and Mediterranean foodways, this dish leverages a tahini, lemons, and garlic sauce or grilled chicken skewers that taste great served over bulgar, rice, or couscous. Best […]
As part of our menu planning practice around here, we also have some food rules. We’re pretty picky about proteins — meat is always hormone and antibiotic free; ideally, it’s pasture-raised; and in a perfect world, I know which farm it’s coming from. Given these specifications, the meat we buy is […]
My steadfast embrace of the freezer has long been a tactic that helps me execute family dinner on the regular. I freeze tons of food and use the freezer as an extension of the fridge — keeping things like cooked grains, soup, stock, stew, fritters, turnovers, meatballs, casseroles, and more — in […]
This was the first week of my ButcherBox so there were MANY frozen treasures to choose from. We had some broccoli that needed cooking, and there was about a cup of ground polenta malingering in the pantry that needed to go. So knowing all this, here’s how our week played […]
How Meal Planning and ButcherBox Collided in My Kitchen Hello from the frontlines of family dinner! As a parent to two school-aged boys, I know from experience that getting healthy meals on the table during the weekday rush can feel like an insurmountable feat. As any working parent will tell […]