i was cold.the kind of cold that settles in your shoulders and doesn’t leave until you eat something hot with a spoon. i had the …

Recipes Inspired by Martha Stewart, Cooked in Real Life
i was cold.the kind of cold that settles in your shoulders and doesn’t leave until you eat something hot with a spoon. i had the …
i didn’t feel like baking.but i needed a reason to turn the oven on.a reason to stand still.and the thought of a cinnamon crumb pulling …
i didn’t plan to make it.but the beef was thawed. the mushrooms were sweating.and i had that slow, stretching ache that meant i needed something …
i wasn’t having people over.but i made this anyway—because there are mornings where you need a baked reason to sit down. you layer the bread.you …
i wasn’t planning to make soup.but the cold crept in through the floorboards and i needed something to fight back with heat. there was bacon …
i had five bananas on the counter that looked like they’d been through it.and frankly?same. they were collapsing under their own sugar. fruit flies circling …
there are days when even boiling water feels like too much.this wasn’t one of those.this was a “chop something, stir something, feel something” kind of …
i wasn’t planning dinner.just needed something hot.with potatoes.and meat.and not too many questions. opened the freezer. saw the peas.opened the fridge. saw the beef.opened a …
I wasn’t craving anything.I just didn’t want to sit still. So I sifted the flour.Cut in cold butter with two knives like I was trimming …
I didn’t want breakfast.I wanted something to break into. So I grabbed a lemon. Zested it like I meant it.Tore through the flour with frozen …