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    On what’s in Harrisburg

    May 21, 2019

    A croissant tried to convince me to move to NYC this morning. Listen. I love croissants. I loved croissants when I was a kid using the edge of a spoon to pop them out of

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    Savoring every last bit of fall color 🧡 Savoring every last bit of fall color 🧡
    A thrill of hope The weary world rejoices !!!!!!! A thrill of hope The weary world rejoices !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Twenty years ago we sat in our high school cafeter Twenty years ago we sat in our high school cafeteria eating microwaved chocolate chip cookies on Friday afternoons. Now we eat chocolate chip pancakes with a big kid and a toddler while Kevin secretly puts a new battery in my car, because 20 years of friendship. There really is no substitute for old friends, and I feel extra grateful for that (and the Webers!) today 🧡
    Fall feels like the sanity-saver we all need right Fall feels like the sanity-saver we all need right about now.
    I’ve been in a bit of a cooking funk lately. Lat I’ve been in a bit of a cooking funk lately. Lately being... awhile. But this tiny squash (that looks like it came from a craft store but actually came from @radishandrye) might have finally broken the spell. Special thanks goes to the recipe for Mushroom Stuffed Squash Salads in the fall issue of @magnolia magazine—and to takeout, boxed mac and cheese, and a thousand bean and cheese quesadillas for filling in while I’ve been MIA. Bring on all the fall food.
    I made this 30-minute meal in approximately 15 two I made this 30-minute meal in approximately 15 two-minute increments throughout the day, because Monday. It’s the easiest: rice boiled in coconut milk, mixed with kidney beans and some lonely stalks of kale from the garden (that are holding a bitter grudge about being neglected, and it shows), seasoned with salt. Later, I tossed a Mahi Mahi filet in an extremely generous coating of Nigerian Suya from @calicuttsspiceco and fried it in some olive oil. It was 1000% the comfort food I didn’t know I needed, and I feel extra grateful—so grateful that I’m about to continue the party with one of the last homemade brownies (@loveandlemons!) topped with cookie crumble ice cream (@vanleeuwenicecream!). What a way to end a Monday. Thanks for the unexpected joy, food.

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