Tag: local

  We went apple picking this weekend, which means I have about 20 pounds of apples in my kitchen, which means this easy apple cake recipe is going to be made again soon. Apple picking …

I live in the suburbiest of suburbia.  Green lawns, swimming pools, sprinklers.  People walk in my neighborhood – all the time – but they’re walking their dogs or taking a walk, rather than walking to …

The first time I ever went apple picking was my senior year of college. Ken had his car on campus that year -- a little blue Ford Festiva, that had been spray painted, and …

I’m currently on hiatus from The Domestic Front. While I am gone, I am republishing posts which originally appeared on my companion blog, Savour Home. This post was originally published in July 2010. I discovered …

Mostly, The Domestic Front is about enabling. I truly believe that, to quote <em>Ratatouille</em> (when you have a 2.5 year old in the house, you watch a lot of Pixar movies), "Anyone can cook." …

LA had its restaurant week a few weeks ago and I broke my usual streak of never eating out (seriously, have you tried eating out with a 2 year old? Even with the best behaved …