Nourishing Joy in the Home Kitchen
A big factor in people deciding that “cooking is not their thing” is the trouble of selecting and following recipes. Even when a recipe is carefully tested and the cook is relatively skilled, things can fail when adjustments are not made on the fly. This …
Happy Almost Valentine’s Day! Rather than a recipe, today I have a story to tell. It’s an origin story, or maybe more of an epiphany, about why I did an about-face around 6 years ago with my approach to cooking. And it’s also a love …
Like I say on my home page, I genuinely love cooking and look forward to it each night. A large contributor to my love of cooking after a long day at work is the process by which I choose what and how to go about …
“Hey, Annette, you live and breathe dietetics- why won’t you tell us if something is [insert health word here]?” Well, because, lots of things: Nutrition is incredibly personal. Everyone has different needs- something that is healthy for someone with Cystic Fibrosis could be harmful for …
Hubtastic and I got in to The Great British Bake Off about 4 or 5 years late, for Americans, which is really like 8 years late for anyone who pays attention to food. The typical Food Network competition really turns me off (other than Iron Chef) …
Focaccia has never held a ton of appeal for me. I typically associate it with those spongy, oily, crustless pieces of bread surrounding “fancy” sandwiches at places like Panera, so why in the world would I want to make it at home? That all changed …
Hubtastic has decided that he’d like to become The Baker of the family, while I remain The Cook. I love that idea, because he’s a scientific-perfectionist and I’m much more about whimsical improvisation, which I hope is evident from the entire premise of this website. …
Every year, the first night it sorta feels like Fall, I get the itch to bake quick breads. I want to dump a bunch of ingredients in a bowl without caring too much about technique. I want big, warm, comfy loaves filling my house with …
As I said in a previous post, this blog will not provide you with exact, step by step recipes, because I want my readers to get to a place of comfort in the kitchen where they don’t need recipes anymore. Even though recipes can be …
When I first unveiled my new website name, after transitioning away from my old blog, I had several well-meaning followers let me know that I’d spelled “thyme” wrong. (I am aware of that…) I chose the homonym “time” intentionally after months of brainstorming my intention …