Is it a crumble or a crisp?  The difference comes down entirely to oats. Crisps contain oats. Crumbles do not. Can there be other differences? Like nuts? Sure, but if we're defining things, oats are what matter.  Especially if, like me, you use your spoon to excavate craggy slabs of caramelized oats from the top of your —never big enough— portion. Or if you delight in the way ice cream melts and pools in those rough oat valleys. Crisps have texture and heft and speak to me of chilly fall Sundays and football games on tv. Crumbles have loft and puff, warm bits of crust that expand in the...

I'm not sure how you feel today, but I'm looking for all the comfort I can find. And in our house, that means baking and cooking familiar things only, the recipes we return to time and again. This banana bread tops the list. The kids and I make it a few times a month during normal periods...it's where the bananas that brown before I can cram them into my smoothies find second life and where we find comfort and familiarity. Two things to hold onto these days What makes this banana bread different? It's a proper quick bread loaf— dark and...

This past spring, I was awarded a Tory Burch Foundation Fellowship. It was a dream come true for many reasons, all of which I hope to share with you in this space over the coming months. But first, a little background. When launching her eponymous fashion brand in 2004, Tory listed as one of her chief goals starting a foundation to empower other women entrepreneurs. As she says on the Foundation website:  One of the reasons I wanted to start a company was to start a foundation that would benefit women and children. Social responsibility is part of our brand DNA. It’s not...

The name Butternut Squash Cappuccino caught my attention on a menu in a beautifully designed restaurant we were visiting, Brasserie des Heras in France. The pretty presentation of squash soup in a glass mug, with a little salty whipped cream, or frothed milk if you can do that at home and the addition of a little grated dark chocolate makes this simple soup something extra special and easy to do at home!   Butternut Squash Cappuccino Soup Recipe by Tricia Wheeler Serves 6   3 butternut squash, cut in half, seeds taken out 3 onion chopped into dice 6 garlic cloves diced 6-8 cups...