Juniper Juice

The temperature is really starting to dip, and I’m still hearing forecasts of snow so spring is still a bit further down the road. The...

The first few days of LEnt have gone well. We had a bit of a fool’s spring, some mild days and a carpet of crocuses and snowdrops...

This seems to be turning into an entirely Lenten-based blog! Another year has snuck by, and Lent is nearly upon us once more. I want to...

The last couple weeks of Lent were spent with family, trying lots of Edinburgh’s vegan offerings and cooking through a lot of favorites....

After a gorgeous week, a haar rolled in. And then we woke up to a dusting of snow on Thursday. We had a good run of it! We are very...

We have almost passed the ‘danger of frost’ my seed packets warn me about. It is still a thick coat in the morning, short sleeves in the...

After making Chef John’s fabulous Cock-a-leekie a few weeks ago my husband and I were discussing if there was a good way to make it...

Buds are on the trees, the leaves are almost here. We had a few days of wonderful sunshine, but it turned to a miserable gray drizzle by...

March is marching along. I’m so ready for blooms, and some warmth, though it never really feels like the warmth settles in in Scotland....

While generally I do consider Monday to be the first day of the week, for meal planning reasons I always start with Sunday, as it is the...

I never had much experience with the abundance of Indian food growing up, the number of Indian restaurants I can recall in my area fit on...

We are about a month out from the Lenten season! This year we are doing much the same for Lent as we did last year, by adhering to a...

So it hasn’t felt much like summer here in Scotland in nearly a month. Today I woke up and there was a thick mist blanketing the city,...

Recently I grabbed a book off a shelf at the library, Bloom by Ruth Kassinger. It was all about algae in respect to its uses by humans...

Back when I lived in Seattle a friend introduced me to a South African teahouse in our area that I had somehow overlooked for a couple...

Lately I have been endeavoring to work more wholemeal grains into my baking. It is a bit daunting as the bran from the wheat is...

I find this oven method to be a superior way to cook wings. Starting them in a cold oven helps to get that beautifully crisp skin. While...

Over the past few months I have gotten swept up in the currents of life semi-resuming as well as just a bit of inspiration drought. I...

Spicy with lots of layers of flavor. Bright yet cosy, this is the kind of dish I crave most in the first chilly weeks of spring. While I...

I have had an interest in plants and gardening since I can remember. I was always begging my mom to let me start a vegetable patch in the...