“Cooking up Magic”

A beautiful slice of life from a devoted witch, mother, teacher, and cook:

These are the magics born in each moment.  The Witch Herself the Center and Circumference clad not in robes or draped in jet and amber but in the t-shirt she slept in, a pair of sweat pants and a dishcloth tucked into [...]

Everything I Needed to Know I Learned in the Kitchen

I was thinking about how the kitchen is such a metaphor for life:

Salt is like enthusiasm — add at the beginning and the middle, but reserve some for the end. Keep your tools sharp; pay attention as you use them. When you’re hot, sweaty, and exhausted, stop to appreciate the sauce you’re making. [...]

“Back to the land”

Maira Kalman’s essay is amazing.

Coming up from the roots…

Two nights ago I did some cooking, though I was not feeling particularly inspired to do so.  It was a week night and I’d worked a full day but we had some root veggies in the crisper that weren’t going to make it much longer.  They’d been patient and stored [...]

Introduction

This is my first post on the Magical Eating blog, so I want to introduce myself: I’m Matt. I live in a suburb of Detroit, Michigan, with my partner and two cats.

I also wanted to introduce my three chickens. After some deliberation and much planning, my partner and I acquired three Silkie hens [...]

Midwestern locavores take note!

Baba goodness

We have limited local foods here in Chicago unless we grow our own and/or the Farmer’s markets are in season.  Therefore when I find a local food product I get really excited.

I have been very pleased with Chef Earl’s products (which are made in Illinois), most especially their Baba Ghannouj.   [...]

Katie’s here!

and hungry.