Note: This post contains affiliate links. Please read our disclosures & disclaimers for more. Recipe created for and originally shared on Instagram by Four Sigmatic. I grew up with coffee cakes that came in a box, a flimsy cellophane window revealing a dense, crumbly toppingread more

It all began with a slice. I was in the midst of an herbal internship, learning to make skin care products that work with the skin rather than trying to control it (a revolutionary idea in the beauty industry). My teacher and the co-owner ofread more

If you’ve ever tried to curb your sweet tooth during the holidays and failed, I have good news for you: your cravings are not coming from some malicious marketing scheme or a fissure in your self-control; rather they’re powerful and essential messages from Mother Natureread more

Last fall I experimented with a savory pumpkin bread to make use of some discarded sourdough starter that had been hanging out in my fridge all summer. It was delicious, and empowered me to play around with a classic family recipe I otherwise wouldn’t haveread more

Nothing says fall like pumpkin, right? These days everyone and their mother sells something in the pumpkin family, whether it’s a latte or an essential oil or a sickly sweet bread that’s more like cake. My own family has a long tradition of making pumpkinread more

One of the reasons I think I’m good at baking–besides genetics–is that, unlike cooking, it relies on precision. One quickly learns that a “pinch” of salt is really just that, and you better have the right sized fingers to avoid an unpalatable cake. The time-tested exampleread more

“To live a pure unselfish life, one must count nothing as one’s own in the midst of abundance.” —Buddha Back in March I set myself a goal to not buy any new things for a year. Inspired by Colin Beavan’s No Impact Man, I vowedread more