Category: Daily Updates

I was three steps into a braise last week, onions softened, wine already reduced, when I reached for the tomato paste and found an empty tube crumpled at the back of the drawer. No time for a grocery run, so I started digging...

That jar of kimchi that’s gotten noticeably more sour and fizzy since you bought it isn’t a problem. It’s the point. Kimchi is a living fermented food, similar in spirit to sauerkraut, and most of what makes it seem alarming,...

A healthy lawn can go from lush to stressed quickly. Between heat, sandy soil, seasonal rain, and watering restrictions, irrigation systems have a lot to handle. Keeping your sprinklers working properly is not just about...

I made a squash soup for a dinner party a few winters ago that came out of the blender looking perfect and tasting like almost nothing. I’d salted it once, at the very end, the way I salted everything back then, and no amount of...