How to actually toast whole spices
Dry pan, medium heat, thirty seconds per shake. The difference between fragrant and forgettable is about ninety seconds of attention.
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The journal
Recipes, notes, small obsessions.
A slow-updating notebook of what we're cooking, milling, and thinking about this week.
The case for buying honey local
Why the jar from three counties over will always beat the one from three time zones away — and how to tell the difference.
Read the note →A weeknight mole, honestly
Our Oaxaca Mole Starter, a rotisserie chicken, and a bar of good dark chocolate. Dinner in forty minutes.
Read the recipe →Meyer lemon salt on everything
Twelve dishes we've finished with a pinch this week — including one dessert that surprised us.
Read the note →Notes from the olive harvest
A morning spent in the Paso Robles grove that supplies our Arbequina oil.
Read the story →Ancho-rubbed grilled peaches
Summer's most surprising dessert. Serve with vanilla ice cream and a pinch of flaky salt.
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