The saying is, “You can’t go home.” And yet, in some ways, you can. In early November, I returned for a Legacy Fellowship reunion to...

Expectations seldom measure up to reality. Even if I try to go into a place with no preconceived notions, expectations always creep...

When people find out I’ve lived in so many places, without fail, they ask, “What’s your favorite?” But “favorite” doesn’t really matter,...

I first heard about FoodCorps while attending Brightwater for culinary school in Arkansas. During my Food Systems course in my last...

Hear about how I navigated the first few weeks of COVID when the country shut down. There was meal packing, baking, and mountain walks.

Join my mom and me in the Lowcountry as I recount her visit in 2013. I also share a recipe for Creamy Buffalo Chicken, Tomato, and Corn Pie

Birthdays can be confusing. Some people love them and others dread them. It’s all relative depending on one’s circumstances and...

Hear about some of my Montana family and all things rhubarb! Included is a strawberry rhubarb muffin recipe for you to try at home.

Most people have had a job they hated, but they stuck with it for one reason or another. For me, it was working at Panera Bread my first...

I love a good scone. You may think I’m using the word “love” too loosely here. But if I had to choose my favorite thing to bake, which...

When I was looking for a culinary program, I didn’t have many criteria. I wanted somewhere relatively close to my parents, either within...

I was not homeschooled. But with the amount of time I’ve spent baking my own bread over the years, it may seem like I was. No, instead...

No one can choose their parents, but I think I was gifted some great ones. And in honor of my dad’s birthday (April 17), I wanted to...

There’s nothing like Oklahoma allergies to remind me I’m not in Montana anymore. Living in different states for years has made me...

This past weekend I said “goodbye” to a friend I knew in Oklahoma before I moved. David Glenn Stone (DGS - or as many people knew him -...

When I joined FoodCorps in 2018, I gained access to their bank of lessons developed for K-5th grade. The lessons are evidence-based and...

As California Bay Area kids, my brother and I didn’t get to experience much snow when we were younger. I remember one memorable snow...

In January 2017 when I began culinary school at Brightwater: A Center for the Study of Food, I did not know the experience that was...

In July 2019 I moved to Montana, my 7th state. When I think of my time there, I have memories of people that were like family, beautiful...

One of the reasons I was able to maintain my nomadic lifestyle for as long as I did was the fact that I had rather stationary parents and...