by Kenan Hill | Jul 13, 2017 | Food, Recipes, Summer
I recently started reading Rachel Held Evans’ book Searching for Sunday,* a story about her difficult relationship with the church and what eventually brought her back to it. She frames the book around seven sacraments (baptism, confession, communion, and so...
by Kenan Hill | Jun 23, 2017 | Food, Recipes, Spring, Summer
I have a confession to make: I don’t really like pie crust. Perhaps because I’ve had a few too many soggy-bottomed, storebought crusts. I hate wasting food, but luckily there is usually a willing recipient nearby who will take my crust after I’ve scraped out my...
by Kenan Hill | Jun 14, 2017 | Food, Recipes, Summer
It’s no secret that I love a good cheese board. If you follow along on Instagram, you’ve seen a cheese spread or two on my account. This spring, I went as far as filling an entire dining room table with cheese, meat, and accoutrements like a giant cheese board...
by Kenan Hill | Mar 20, 2017 | Food, Recipes, Spring
It’s easy to forget that carrots are actually roots, since we’re so used to seeing them packaged by themselves. But in order to grow, they need their lacy greens to soak up the sun above ground. And like most root vegetables, the greens are also edible. ...
by Kenan Hill | Nov 15, 2016 | Any Season, Food, Recipes
I’m going to ask you to politely ignore the fact that this recipe calls for a pound of butter. Or get excited about it. Either way, positive vibes only. This election season has been extra tense and vitriolic, so we need to find goodness wherever we can. And brown...
by Kenan Hill | Aug 18, 2016 | Food, Recipes, Summer
When you cut the kernels off of a corn cob (like maybe for this summer shrimp pasta), what do you do with the cobs? Most likely you throw them away, or perhaps you’re a good citizen and compost them. But either way, it’s a shame to toss them because they still hold...