Kate Flaim (Girl Reporter)

I am thrilled beyond belief to announce the birth of our son on August 20! Seven pounds, 14 ounces, 21 inches long, with pouty lips and lots of hair. His name is Thomas but we’re calling him Tucker. We’re home from the hospital and getting to know each other at home. He is an escape [...]

Hey there. No, I didn’t have a baby (yet). I just haven’t posted–I’m running around like a crazy person trying to get things done done done before he arrives. Also my camera has randomly started acting up. I bought it in April before our trip; suddenly it is really overexposing photos and washing out the [...]

The disaster of the previous week’s corn was forgiven once we ate this duo. Oh man, was it good! The haul: -Beets! -Corn! -Kale! -Basil! -Beans! -Zucchini/summer squash. I wasn’t going to get to the basil before it turned black and sad, so I decided to make a compound butter that I could freeze. I [...]

Still very green in CSA-land: -Lettuce -Kale (2 bunches; I traded my cilantro for kale in the swap box: BEST SWAP EVER) -1 turnip -1 kohlrabi -Zucchini -Peas -Eggs It was crazy hot earlier this week, and I wasn’t feeling particularly prone to extended cooking sessions. I still had a handful of cabbage from a [...]

I’m in a library in a wee little town by the bridge to the Isle of Skye… Just wanted to check in, say hello, and thank everyone who voted in the Rockywold contest. We got 2nd place, so we’ll get to have a quick weekend at the lake over the summer! I’m seriously working on [...]

The voting is open in the contest I blogged about yesterday. Please vote here!!

Squam Lake in NH is perhaps my favorite place in the world, and there is a very amazing and wonderful camp there, Rockywold-Deephaven, that we fell in love with last summer. It’s an old school (founded in 1897), rustic place, and I just love it. They are having an Earth Day essay contest to win [...]

A month or so ago I was honored when I got an invite to write an “In the Kitchen With” column for Grace’s wonderful Design*Sponge. Since spring was finally peering around the corner, I made absorption pasta, that old favorite of mine, with asparagus, pancetta, lemon zest and feta. The post is up today, so [...]

Last week we went to a panel at BU called “Food and Memory: Biography, Autobiography, and Film,” featuring an unbelievable panel made up of Jacques Pépin, Judith Jones, and Alex Prud’homme, with Corby Kummer moderating. It was basically an “I knew the real woman” conversation about Julia Child, followed by a showing of “Julie and [...]

I spent a really wonderful few days in NYC last week, socializing like mad and soaking in my beloved old neighborhood. Bridge just moved 1 block away from my old Boerum Hill place, and it was amazing to see how the area has changed in three years! We ate a fantastic dinner at Char No. [...]