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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.
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.
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.
Raised beds, containers, and what actually thrives in the Pacific Northwest.
See more →Honest, seasonal cooking built around whatever's ripe and on hand.
See more →Jams, pickles, and the quiet satisfaction of a full pantry shelf.
See more →Small builds, fixes, and refreshes — made with your own two hands.
See more →The simple touches that make a table, a room, or a moment feel tended-to.
See more →What's working, what failed, and what I'm learning as I go.
See more →Recipes, garden notes, and projects — sent at the pace of the seasons, never faster.