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A school for the culinarily curious
November 11, 2024
Making everyday magic in a place like no other
To be a historian is to be ever-curious
November 8, 2024
Revisiting what we know, and learning new things.
Fall recipe book
$ · November 4, 2024
Some favorites for root vegetables, quince, and more
Not all food preserving resources are good resources
October 21, 2024
(and how to tell which ones are)
On the history of cheese
$ · October 14, 2024
A snippet from my early drafts
Crafting wilderness
October 7, 2024
Foraging for plants is only one part of the story
Weathering storms
October 1, 2024
A list with some ways to help
We Find History in Quiet Places
September 30, 2024
And our tendencies to overlook the power of everyday magic in the buildings around us
An invitation for you
September 23, 2024
Join me, in person, for a very special book event next month
Becoming Mycelial
$ · September 16, 2024
An Essay on our networked lives
When life hands you fish skins, make art
September 12, 2024
The long-awaited fish skin parchment tutorial (plus ASMR video)
Curing, drying, smoking
$ · September 9, 2024
On remembering a culinary language I don't often speak
How to use six mangoes
$ · September 2, 2024
Recipes to honor this fruit from pit to peel
Reader survey results
August 28, 2024
Your feedback on this newsletter (and where we're going next)
Towering Giants and Secret Highways: A Reading List about Forests
$ · August 26, 2024
Plus my favorite ways to bring the magic of trees into your kitchen
Enchantment
August 19, 2024
As practice, as interconnection (plus a special announcement)
Foraging best practices
August 12, 2024
My expanded list of practices for respecting the planet while gathering food (and having fun while you do)
There is still another way to preserve an egg
$ · August 8, 2024
This time, using preserved lemons
There's more than one way to preserve an egg
$ · August 5, 2024
Here are four of my favorites
Our Collective Fermented Lives
July 29, 2024
On writing history where people aren't at the center
Deep diving into first drafts: Our Fermented Lives
$ · July 22, 2024
My first-ever share of the complete research drafts from my book, footnotes and all
In Praise of Plants:
$ · July 15, 2024
A reading list for eating plants, and thinking about plant-based food
Process Pieces: Mirin Making Part 2
$ · July 8, 2024
An update on my mirin experiments from yesteryear
The Best Form of Flattery? The Limitations of Imitation Meat
$ · July 1, 2024
Plus my recipes for freezer-friendly lion's mane cutlets and mushroom jerky
Readings on the origins of things
June 24, 2024
Plus a recipe for smoked strawberry-poblano sauce that's perfect for your summer cookout
Reciprocity and creation: Working by hand and by heart to uncover culinary ecosystems
$ · June 17, 2024
Plus a recipe for raspberry beet jam from my in-progress book
My macro- and micro- food writing life
June 10, 2024
Fitting the universe into a jar, or onto a page
A Celebration of Place
June 7, 2024
My summer fermentation workshop in the woods, with zines and wild plants, is a dream come true
Preserving Abundance
$ · June 3, 2024
Preservation and Fermentation Books for your Summer Harvest
The Forests Beneath our Feet
$ · May 13, 2024
A Reading List on Fungi (and a birthday gift for you)
The magic of fermentation
$ · May 5, 2024
Pickling and witchcraft past and present, plus a free intention setting journal
Planting Seeds: A reading list about growing things
$ · April 22, 2024
Plus recipes for Rainbow Roots Soup Starter and 3 Root Paste, my go-to quick meal staples
The Button Mushroom
April 15, 2024
Revelation and wonder
The curious fermenter's guide to travel
$ · April 1, 2024
Easy ways to play with your food while on the road
Wayfinding and map making
March 25, 2024
Exploring the unclear ground of what makes "food and community"
Pastrami-spiced beets primer
$ · March 18, 2024
Wrapping up winter by playing with a favorite root
Process Pieces: On Labels
$ · March 11, 2024
And How Our Ephemera Defines our Process
Process Pieces: Not Every Recipe is a Success
$ · February 26, 2024
The saddest fruit roll ups you'll never taste
Reading/Listening Round-up: Drinks and Conversation
February 19, 2024
A virtual cocktail party for readers and podcast/radio lovers, plus an invitation to join my book club
Roots + Branches: The revolution begins with self-love
February 14, 2024
Your writing is about more than your writing
A new year, a pause
January 29, 2024
Or, making lemonade out of newsletter platform lemons
Roots and Branches: writing about food from a place of abundance
January 22, 2024
Plus a recipe for calming herbal tea
Q&A: How do I conduct historical research?
January 15, 2024
Your questions, answered by a historian with a Library Science PHD
Process Pieces: Banana Chips
$ · January 8, 2024
I spent my entire life thinking I hated banana chips. It turns out I was wrong.
Your 2024 gifts
$ · December 27, 2023
Links to our co-writing space, new Slack channel, and more to support your amazing 2024
Craft as a teacher
December 18, 2023
Creativity as an ecosystem, and the joy of improvised home decor
The process is the point
December 11, 2023
Plus an invitation to join me in January in a (free!) online community for visioning and intention setting in the new year.
William Kitchener and the Magazine of Taste
$ · December 4, 2023
This is the paid version of my newsletter. Thank you so much for your support of my work: It means the world!Do you know someone who might like my work?...
Wedding planning + party planning recovery kit
November 27, 2023
The homemade gift folks actually want
Mycelia
November 17, 2023
Finding Rest, Finding One's Stride
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