When we aren’t cooking and baking, or feeding goats and fending off evil roosters, we’re curating new interests and harboring questionable habits for old ones. Here’s a quick look at what we’ve been into this week!
Erin’s Week in Favorites
1. For her first cookbook, Rachel Khoo opened a two-guest pop-up restaurant in her tiny Parisian flat to cover the costs and test recipes. Now, she has three cookbooks and her own BBC series. Her charming web series can be found on BBC food. When I’m bumping into butcher blocks and counter tops in my kitchen, I channel her grace…and try to keep my Khool.
2. Emilie of Griottes is constantly wowing me with her colorful images! You can even search her blog by color, which is fun. I love, love, love these Pantone Tarts, which are all color coded to the exact Pantone color. Which is your favorite?
3. Okay, I’m on a French kick this week, but everything Tiger in a Jar touches is pure gold. This film company is American, but this piece focuses on a fromager from Burgundy, France, to celebrate artisan food producers and the international movement to support local farms and sustainable food.
4. Ah-ha, this isn’t French! I’m reading Annie Dillard’s An American Childhood and I’m enraptured by how she describes what it feels like to be a child–the sense of growing up and growing into one’s skin. She carries such a strong voice that is steeped in wit. It’s vividly nostalgic and sharply humorous.
5. I love this studio session of Through and Through by My Bubba (formally My Bubba & Mi). Their music feels like honey-slow summer days, which is just what I’ve needed this polar-vortexed week. If that video didn’t sell you, maybe their jingles will.
Jillian’s Week in Favorites
1. Emily Blincoe is an amazing freelance photographer from Austin. Her images are crisp, inspiring, and quirky. While all of her work is great, I’m loving a project of hers called The Collection Collection.
2. I, like many others, love Instagram as a way to share moments. My favorite account is Darcy the Flying Hedgehog. It’s filled with adorable pictures of hedgehogs (my favorite creature), and it continues to melt my heart. While Darcy has sadly retired from modeling, the archives are worth exploring.
3. I became familiar with Haruki Murakami during my senior year at College. He instantly became my favorite author, as he combines magical realism, science fiction, dystopian realities, romance, and pop culture. I’m finally making my way through 1Q84, and I’m relishing every page of it.
4. Story of Eve, a film company out of Northern Ireland, creates beautifully intimate short films. Most are wedding related, but they also make nature-focused short films, with breathtaking images of the Irish coast and countryside. Their work is made special by the personal connections they form with their subjects.
5. Brussels Sprouts are by no means a “unique” ingredient anymore—they’ve exploded onto the culinary scene and are popping up everywhere, and I couldn’t be happier! These little guys are delicious, nutrient-dense, and gorgeous. I’m loving this recipe for Crispy Fried Brussels Sprouts with Honey and Sriracha recipe from Food52.
Our Rambling House 