Soft Whole Wheat and Oat Bran Milk Bread
A tender, lightly honeyed whole wheat and oat bran milk bread with a flexible pull-apart crumb, made without the two-day planning of sourdough.
Pumpkin Honey Dinner Rolls
Soft pumpkin and honey dinner rolls shaped without kitchen twine, with a make-ahead freezer method for Thanksgiving.
Austria’s Black Gold: A Styrian Boiled Beef Salad
A Styrian-style boiled beef salad with runner beans, horseradish, apple vinegar, broth, and dark pumpkin seed oil, inspired by a memorable meal in Austria.
Warm Zucchini Velouté
A silky, one-pot zucchini soup inspired by the zucchini and lemon verbena velouté tasted in the orchard garden at Ferme-Asile in Sion.
Roasted Butternut, Ricotta & Parmesan Hand Pies
A fall haul from Tendercrop Farm in Wenham became crisp hand pies filled with roasted butternut squash, ricotta, Parmesan and sage.
Apple Cinnamon Raisin Muffins with Brown Sugar Streusel
Soft apple-yogurt muffins with cinnamon, raisins, and a crunchy brown sugar streusel. Nut-free, freezer-friendly, and easy to tuck into a school lunchbox.
When Water Looks Like a Gemstone: Lago di Cancano
At Lago di Cancano, turquoise water looked like pavement from the mountain road. Beyond that impossible blue, Valdidentro revealed itself through smaller encounters with a border collie, a painted stone and a donkey named Mario.
The Lake That Kept Its Secrets in the Rain
Cloud, rain and old Alpine folklore transformed our family walk around Lünersee into something magical, from the legend of the Seebutz to trout with parsley-butter potatoes at the Douglass Hütte.
The Mountain Playground We Could Not Finish in a Day
Golm gave our seven-year-old endless reasons to keep exploring while the adults still enjoyed the views, food and mountain paths. We arrived for one family adventure day and left knowing we needed at least two.
The Colors of August: Plum & Thyme Frangipane Tart
A late-summer plum and thyme tart with lemon frangipane, a foolproof press-in crust, and the deep pink, violet and burgundy palette of August.