A home kitchen, from scratch
Canning, baking, real bread, a garden that actually feeds you. The old-fashioned skills, taught so they fit a modern life, whether you've got acreage or a single sunny windowsill.
In season now: peaches, basil, late tomatoes
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Everything I cook, grow, and put up, gathered so you can find your thing and get going.
Breads, pastries, and sweet things, all from scratch.
1 guideJams, pickles, and a pantry you put up yourself.
6 guidesFrom-scratch dinners for real weeknights.
8 guidesFrom seed to table, even in a few pots.
4 guidesThe small rhythms that hold a week together.
5 guidesSeasonal traditions worth the effort.
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CanningWith just a few simple steps, you can have homemade vegetable broth that's rich in flavor and ready to enhance your soups, stews, and other recipes.
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The exact steps, the timing that actually matters, and the mistakes I made so you can skip them. Your first loaf, minus the intimidation.
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A note from Kate
"I grew up thinking none of this was special. Turns out ordinary from-scratch skills are rarer than I realized."
I'm from rural Ontario, where making bread and putting up jars for winter weren't hobbies, they were just how things got done. Then I moved to San Diego and kept hearing "wait, you know how to do that?"
So this is where I share it all, the real, useful version that works in a small kitchen or a patio garden. Come as you are.
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