Rhythms of the Year: Summer is the first in a 4 part series filled with inspiration for the warmest time of year. Inside you’ll find herbs for summer, rituals, no-oven recipes, food justice reflections, and more! This first issue explores the the real rhythm of summer – the joy, the abundance, and even the sweat. […]
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Zine: How to Survive the Fall of Democracy with Joy and Whimsy in Your Heart
This is not a tongue-in-cheek or funny zine. This is a thoughtful and sincere exploration on how to hold onto joy, creativity, and connection in a world that feels overwhelming and like it’s falling apart. This zine is rooted in the belief that joy is a powerful act of resistance. Inside, you’ll fine essays, art […]
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The Best Summer Salad: Grain-Free Tabbouleh with Feta & Fresh Herbs
I don’t know much about tabbouleh, except that it has several different spellings and lots of different ways that its made traditionally. It’s a middle eastern dish, and depending on where you’re from it may or may not have feta or any other ingredient. Some recipes call for mint, as well as parsley. I think […]
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How to be a homesteader when you don’t have any land
So you have been learning about homesteading – either urban or in the country – and you’re excited. You’re ready. You are just itching to get started, but wait. You live in an apartment and don’t have access to ground for growing. Or you live in a rental house and don’t want to (or can’t!) […]
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Caprese Salad
A traditional Caprese salad is made with layers of tomato slices and fresh mozzarella slices, topped with whole leaves of basil and drizzled with olive oil and balsamic vinegar. It’s delicious, especially served on some crunchy little toasts. This is something a little different- mixing it all together to create a mixed together salad. I […]
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My Real-Life Preserving List: What I Can, What I Freeze, and What I Pass On
As we are about to get cooking for this year’s canning season pretty soon, I thought I’d talk about what I do and don’t preserve. As I get more and more into eating seasonally and as I get older, I find myself taking a really pragmatic view of canning season: I want to focus on […]
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All-Season Fruit Crisp Recipe
In an ingredient household, sometimes it’s really hard when you just want a sweet treat, but you don’t have a lot of energy to make something. What am I supposed to do? Eat a handful of sugar? What I do have most of the time is a freezer full of fruit, and sometimes I even […]
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Muse: Food is LOVE
FOOD IS LOVE is a cozy, justice-minded zine about the many ways we feed ourselves and each other—with tenderness, creativity, resistance, and care. From leftovers packed with love to protest snacks and soup shared in hard times, this issue explores how food becomes more than just sustenance. It’s about comfort, community, memory, and survival. Inside […]
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Whatever! A zine for Gen Xers… and everyone else…
This edition of MUSE is a collection of writing from across the years—essays, poems, reflections, and creative work that didn’t quite fit into any one theme, but still deserved a home. It’s a mix of old and new, serious and light, personal and political. Together, these pieces tell a story of growth, identity, and the […]
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Ridiculously Easy Roasted Chicken & Veggies Sheet Pan Meal
This is one of my favorite meals because it’s incredibly easy, but it’s also super healthy and can be made with whatever seasonal produce you have around. We eat this at least once a week because it’s so easy. It’s also easy to dress up – top the chicken with some tzatziki or pesto – […]
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