Archive - Pleasant Living

how the federal funding freeze landed on Old North Farm

Apr 8 •

Keia Mastrianni

March 2025

Kitchen Notes: Banana Bread

a small act of care

Mar 21 •

Keia Mastrianni

February 2025

Weathering the Storms

or, how we survived the hardest year

Feb 11 •

Keia Mastrianni

January 2025

Kitchen Notes: Quick Pickled Winter Radish

plus the many splendored ways to eat a pickle

Jan 24 •

Keia Mastrianni

September 2024

A Beautiful Mess

a peek inside the doors of a working home

Sep 17, 2024 •

Keia Mastrianni

June 2024

Summer Solstice

in search of blessings

Jun 21, 2024 •

Keia Mastrianni

March 2024

Observations at Equinox

A snapshot of springtime

Mar 20, 2024 •

Keia Mastrianni

Kitchen Notes: A Rye Cake for All Seasons

a Milk Glass Pie market staple

Mar 1, 2024 •

Keia Mastrianni

January 2024

On Love and Soup

and another year of marriage

Jan 16, 2024 •

Keia Mastrianni

October 2023

Kitchen Notes: Fig Leaves and Their Use

a surprising and intoxicatingly aromatic ingredient

Oct 6, 2023 •

Keia Mastrianni

August 2023

Summer's Longest Month

Aug 29, 2023 •

Keia Mastrianni

July 2023

Kitchen Notes: Sour Corn

An Appalachian Treat

Jul 14, 2023 •

Keia Mastrianni

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