This new city is starting to feel more like home. At first, every noticeable difference served as a startling reminder that I am not home, but I’m starting to accept the gray squirrels, with their skinny tails, and the brown dirt as the new normal. And the hills! There are hills here, but those are [...]
The subject of busyness has been all over the place lately—on my mind, in the press and in conversation with my dear friend Grace last night—and it couldn’t have come up at a more relevant time. This week, I’ve been so crazy busy that my friend’s wedding last Saturday feels simultaneously like it was yesterday [...]
To conclude peach week, I considered making peach bellinis or peach sangria, but the idea of fresh mint and sweet peaches proved irresistible. So here’s another spin on a classic mojito: a peach mojito! This week has worn me out. I’ll be glad to get some rest and spend time with my friend once he [...]
Last Friday, I invited a few friends over for a long-promised evening of sorbet and champagne. I made the sorbet that afternoon and a girlfriend brought cold champagne. We poured fizzy, sparkling wine over sweet frozen fruit, and cooled off in my living room before going out on that hot summer night. Good food and [...]
The idea for this sweet and spicy summer salsa came to me while I was spacing out in the kitchen, with a peach and a lime in sight. It’s like mango salsa, but better. I know this salsa is great with blue corn chips and on tacos, and I bet it would be delicious as [...]
“Hello, my name is Kate, and I have a peach problem.” Move over, watermelon and cucumber. Fresh, juicy, ripe peaches have taken over my kitchen. Peach recipes have sweet-talked their way to the top of my list of things to cook lately—so much so that I’ve decided to devote an entire week’s worth of posts [...]
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