Chris Nordquist
We baked this weekend. A lot. Every year our kitchen turns into a Cookie Factory as we make 60 or more dozen Christmas cookies to box up and send out to friends and family all over the country. Julia’s favorite is gingerbread people (“gingerboys”), and so I always make plenty of those to keep around […]
A favorite childhood memory of mine is making bread with my grandmother. She didn’t mind free-form loaves, sticky hands and flour on the floor, and she worked the drawn-out process of bread making into her daily routine in a way that made it seem natural and easy. Her daily routine was a lot different than […]
This cocktail is inspired by a drink I’ve never actually had. My friend (and fellow cocktail enthusiast) Dan read about a drink called the Jam for Frances created by the Denver restaurant Beatrice and Woodsley that involved unspecified quantities of Colorado whiskey, a local blackberry liqueur, lime and some sort of tarragon infusion. It sounded […]
One of the most problematic spaces in our new loft has become one of our favorites. I recently showed an out-of-town friend some construction photos. I was struck by the transformation, so I thought I’d indulge in a little before-and-after here. (Btw, we’re not really sure what to call this space. The realtor’s floor plan […]
