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A well-seasoned life.
The homemade side of me — what I cook, what I grow, and what I make with my hands. Seasonal, unhurried, and rooted in the turn of the year.
The homemade side of me — what I cook, what I grow, and what I make with my hands. Seasonal, unhurried, and rooted in the turn of the year.
The weekly letter. Every Monday, Thought, Taste & Presence rounds up the week's SZND recipes, along with my essays and Lipstick on My Fork reviews.
SZND is short for seasoned — and for season. The same word for a life with flavor and a life lived in rhythm with the year.
Where Lipstick on My Fork is the night out, SZND is the night in: a pot on the stove, seedlings on the sill, a project half-finished on the table. It's the slow, satisfying work of tending to your own life.
Recipes from the garden, simple projects for the home, and the small rituals that make a season feel marked. Made by hand, in season, on purpose.
There's more than one way to season a life.
What's growing, what's cooking, and what's worth making — month by month.
Seed starting, first greens, and the clean optimism of a garden going in.
Peak tomatoes, herbs by the fistful, and meals that barely need a stove.
Putting it up — canning, drying, and the deep-pot cooking the cold asks for.
Slow projects, the DIY list, and keeping something green alive indoors.
Everything I post on SZND lives here too, so you can find it when you need it.
Andouille, bacon and a little jalapeño. No butter, no flour, mashed right in the pot.
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Buttermilk powder in the flour, a paper bag toss, jalapeños in the oil. 2 for 2.
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A Southern turnover-style filling under a buttery, hand-woven lattice.
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The tray that never makes it to halftime. Top it your way.
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Basil, Cajun seasoning, toasted pecans and pine nuts. Steak and pesto pasta, garden to table.
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A pot built from prep leftovers, plus my homemade cream of mushroom.
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So good I made it two nights in a row. Freezes well for fall.
Get the recipe →Raised beds, containers, and what actually thrives in the Pacific Northwest.
Coming soonHonest, seasonal cooking built around whatever's ripe and on hand.
See more →Jams, pickles, and the quiet satisfaction of a full pantry shelf.
Coming soonSmall builds, fixes, and refreshes — made with your own two hands.
Coming soonThe simple touches that make a table, a room, or a moment feel tended-to.
Coming soonWhat's working, what failed, and what I'm learning as I go.
Coming soonSZND by Katoya: cooking in season. Recipes, garden notes and projects land in my weekly letter, Thought, Taste & Presence, every Monday.