A culinary online center dedicated to promoting the importance and the joy of American home cooking with an emphasis on local products and talent, celebrating the unique spirit and energy of the new food world ethos, especially in Vermont.

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I love quotes that add meaning to my life. Here are a few to live by:

Avoid food products containing ingredients that a third-grader cannot pronounce.
—Michael Pollan

Feeding nine billion people in a truly sustainable way will be one of the greatest challenges our civilization has had to confront. It will require the imagination, determination and hard work of countless people from all over the world. There is no time to lose.
—Jonathan A. Foley, director of the Institute on the Environment, U of MN

The surest way to capture the flavors, colors, and textures of a culture is by using authentic products.
—Lidia Bastianich, from Lidia’s Italian-American Kitchen

The most important habit you can develop is to taste as you are preparing something. Take a sample and taste it critically at different stages of the cooking, then correct the seasonings…
—Marion Cunningham, from Learning to Cook

Plant a vegetable garden if you have the space, a window box if you don’t.
—Michael Pollan

Our Treasured Cookbooks

Who doesn’t own a cookbook? In the age of social media, one click can find you countless recipes from a wide range of sites including popular FOOD52, Epicurious, Allrecipes, Food Network, and Vermont based Eating Well. I’ve also discovered clever named sites like, Yummly, Chowhound, and Spoonful. Locating the perfect recipe from any one of […]

fresh blog posts

Join me In the Kitchen with Bronwyn, to continue the tradition of American kitchens. Through these blog posts we will do it with good food and good conversation. Let’s share our stories, inspire each other, and in the process, define together the food we love.

Pumpkins of all shapes and sizes

Pumpkins are part of autumn tapestry, brightly colored and proudly clamoring to be noticed on stoops, walkways, and farmstand displays. Instead of turning into a pumpkin at midnight turn your pumpkin into something delicious for your family and friends!

Abundant Autumn Apples

Apples seem to appear everywhere these days. Thankful for a robust season fueled by rain, abundant sunshine and cooler temps, I see apple laden trees on my daily walks, flanking roadsides and handmade signs for apple picking pointing the way. Lately, I’m also greeted by bags and wooden crates brimming with apples front and center […]

Three New Must-Haves For Your Spice Cabinet

Add spice to your life by including these three new flavors to your list of kitchen essentials. Inspired by Indian cooking, these ingredients are versatile and tasty – recipes included!

dEELicious Flavors for your Summer Grill

Summertime is for grilling: burgers, BBQ chicken, steak, and BBQ Freshwater Eel. Yep, you heard me, BBQ eel. Fresh-caught from the rivers that feed into Lake Champlain, eel can be a delicious and unique addition to your summertime grill menu.

Go Bananas at Burlington Farmer’s Market

Vote with your dollar! Buy organic and buy fair trade! Make conscientious food choices after learning the shocking history of bananas. Gluten free banana pancake recipe included.

featured recipes

Three New Must-Haves For Your Spice Cabinet

Add spice to your life by including these three new flavors to your list of kitchen essentials. Inspired by Indian cooking, these ingredients are versatile and tasty – recipes included!

Unagi – Preparation and Serving Suggestions

READ THE FULL BLOG POST HERE Unagi, aka BBQ Freshwater Eel, is a delicious combination of salty and sweet. The following will tell you how to make tasty unagi sauce, prepare homemade BBQ Eel, as well as serving suggestions. Unigi sauce can be used to grill your own eel, or as a condiment. It is […]

Gluten Free Banana Oatmeal Pancakes

Gluten Free Banana Oatmeal Pancakes Easily double, triple, or quadruple your recipe! The below ingredient list make 5. Enjoy these fresh or prepare ahead as food prep. I make a triple batch of the below on Sunday morning and enjoy a couple hot off the griddle, then save the rest in the fridge for up […]

Author`s Corner

I’m a writer, myself, and so love to read what other food writers have to say. I hope you enjoy reading about cookbooks and books about food as much as I do!

The Mindful Carnivore

I first met Tovar Cerulli, a former vegetarian, when he was in the process of publishing his new book about his decision to hunt game rather than eat commercial meat. I was struck by the emphasis Tovar places on mindfulness, and on the consideration we need to have about everything we eat.

Simple Asian Meals

Who isn’t cooking Asian these days? I just had friends over for a dinner of our grass-fed beef short ribs only to be reminded at the last minute that one of them was a vegetarian. Out came my wok, frozen shrimp from my freezer, some snow peas, green onions, red peppers and a variety of soy, oyster and fish sauces, along with some cooking sherry. I improvised and my hungry friend seemed satisfied with the end result, a quasi-Chinese shrimp stir-fry. But, if I’d had Nina Simond’s book, Simple Asian Meals, I might have cooked a dish that would have made my short-rib eating friends jealous.

Spoon Fed Stories

Some of us, home cooks—and I include myself in this group—love food so much we find our lives structured and embellished by our food experiences. Spoon Fed Stories are our stories, the stories of family and friends. Think of this as the kitchen table where we share the fun and the adventures we’ve had with food.