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Meaghin Kennedy is a writer and photographer who advocates for a sustainable food system. She lives in Brooklyn, NY.
When I was in the kitchen with Alison and Michael of Butter + Love, I watched the entire process of jam cookie creation. I wasn’t able to stay long enough to see their quirky mustache cookies come to life, so a few weekends ago when my mother-in-law was in town, we made a special trip [...]
Because I spent three hours with Alison and Michael of Butter + Love, I came home with more pictures than I was able to share in the original article. I stayed for the entire process, from breaking eggs and mixing dough, to stamping out the shapes and baking the cookies, to the final stages of [...]
A girl from a large, close-knit Kansas family graduates high school and moves East. After a year at Boston University, she packs her bags and moves to New York City to pursue a life on the stage. Thirteen years, multiple apartments, and numerous plays later, you find her in Brooklyn, juggling a wholesale bakery while [...]
On Monday, I spent three hours in a Sunset Park industrial kitchen with Alison Walla of Butter + Love. Along with her boyfriend Michael Phillips, Alison bakes whimsical shortbread and butter cookies, in many cases using well-loved and tested family recipes. I’m eager to elaborate about Butter + Love and share my photographs of Alison [...]
This is a punchy winter salad destined to bump you out of any winter doldrums, for a brief moment at least. After a long morning, it was impossible not to feel cheered up by peeling and smelling a perfectly ripe blood orange before compiling a beautiful plate. Inspired by a recipe from the BiRite Market [...]
A quick search for “Super Natural Everyday Bran Muffins” yields multiple results. As someone who never thought I’d be promoting a bran muffin recipe, after eating these muffins, I’m not surprised by their positive internet reception. Last weekend I wrote down a number of goals for 2012. It was the first time in awhile that [...]
These gingerbread people are a motley crew. We (accidentally) made both overweight and extremely malnourished people, as well as legless people, headless people, and–when we started decorating–alien people. I’m confident that a preschool class could turn out better looking cookies than these. I’m sharing the recipe here because I don’t want to change anything about [...]
I’m listing this meal as a weekday lunch, but that’s not how I originally envisioned it. I was scheduled to make this couscous the night before and didn’t (blame it on yoga and then an incredible desire for a veggie burger). Until my first bite, I was unconvinced that roasted vegetables and couscous could make [...]
I rarely crave peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Like many others, I grew up eating these sandwiches; I learned to associate the simple pairing as important fuel to energize me for the afternoon, but not as a lunch option that made my mouth water with anticipation. When I think more closely about this most American [...]
These pumpkin wedges capitalize on the remaining whole pumpkins you can still snag at the farmers’ market or grocery store. We ate them as an appetizer the other night and the crispy crust on each wedge gave me nearly the same pleasure an onion ring might, but without the grease or unwanted calories. You can [...]
