Our Nashville

Although Tim’s lived in Nashville almost four years longer than I have, we both consider ourselves transplants—he from Ohio and me from Illinois. As born and bred Midwesterners, we can tell you this town’s a whole lot bigger than Dayton and much easier to navigate than Chicago; the weather’s nice, especially this time of year; …

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Weekend Getaway: Louisville, KY

Every time we drive home to Ohio or Chicago, we make a pit stop in Louisville—but it wasn’t until Tim’s birthday that a stop became a visit. Arriving Thursday afternoon and leaving Saturday night, here’s what we did with just over 48 hours in the city that everybody’s talking about. We lost an hour while …

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Butter Lettuce Salad with Mango and Avocado

Top down view of Butter Lettuce Salad with Mango and Avocado on a white, ceramic plate.

Today is Tim’s birthday, which makes it the perfect time to tell you how another year of living life with him—cooking together, working side by side, analyzing the nuanced details of relationships with each other, budgeting, traveling, laughing, yelling, learning about each other and from each other—has been such a gift. What is also a …

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What is Einkorn Flour and How Do You Use It?

Close of a white, porcelain bowl full of einkorn berries.

The idea of einkorn flour is nothing new around here, not when we’ve brought you einkorn pizza crust, einkorn apple tartlets, and einkorn overnight pancakes. But, ask any wife of a fantasy-football-lover, even familiar ideas can be confusing (am I right?). We’ve received so many questions about this ingredient—Why are we using it? What is it? …

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Charleston + Savannah

Tim and I spent this past long weekend in Charleston and Savannah, with my brother, who flew down from Chicago and met us there. We’d booked the tickets back in October, when Southwest ran a deal that turned the total cost of two round-trip flights into a price lower than my dream cardigan (half that, …

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An Everlasting Meal Cookbook Review

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Do you want to learn new ways of cooking veggies that is so mind-blowing and beautiful that it can evoke tears of joy? Read more about this amazing book now!

Addressing the Plight of Florida’s Tomato Farmworkers

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The Coalition of Immokalee Workers and other organizations aim to end the enslavement and abuse of workers in Florida’s tomato fields. Plus, our recipe for Roasted Tomato and Goat Cheese Tart, made with slave-free tomatoes. Read more.

Florida Vacation in Bradenton Beach

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Join us for a four-day vacation in Bradenton Beach, Florida, enjoying the water and the good eats, plus thoughts on change and time. Read more on Foodal.

Saturday at the Nashville Flea Market

I plan to make this flea market a regular practice in my Nashville life, if only for the excitement of never knowing what you’ll find or what a great price you’ll get it for– the vendors welcome bargaining, and, as any antiquer or thrifter will tell you: that’s half the fun. Read more now!

A Weekend with Travel Oregon

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Recent press trip to Portland, Oregon, and the areas surrounding it. Read here on what you can expect from your visit to Oregon. Here you will learn how to enjoy the place and what it can offer. Check it out now on Foodal.