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Cook With Us

Good food starts with good ingredients — and the courage to step into the kitchen with an open heart. Cook With Us is where we share seasonal recipes, kitchen stories, and the techniques that help us create meaningful meals at home.

Whether you’re cooking for a crowd or making something simple on a weeknight, we hope these posts and videos inspire you to slow down, cook with intention, and fall in love with the seasons.

Resources for Learning Seasonal Cooking Techniques

These posts and videos help home cooks understand ingredients, build skills, and learn how to cook seasonally.

Seasonal Recipes & Kitchen Stories

Baking, Fruit, Dessert Lisa Balcom Baking, Fruit, Dessert Lisa Balcom

Peach and Blackberry Cobbler with Fluffy Ricotta Biscuits

The Kind of Dessert Summer Was Made For

This is the sort of dessert I find myself making on repeat once peaches are ripe and berry bushes are overflowing. The beauty of a cobbler is that it doesn't ask for perfection—just good fruit and a buttery topping to soak up all of those bubbling juices.

Here, sweet peaches and juicy blackberries are paired with lemon zest and just a splash of rose water. It's a subtle ingredient, but it gently enhances the natural floral notes of both the peaches and berries without tasting perfumey. If you don't have rose water on hand, simply leave it out. The cobbler will still be delicious.

One of my favorite things about this recipe is how adaptable it is. Swap the peaches for nectarines, use raspberries or blueberries instead of blackberries, or make it with whatever summer fruit happens to be overflowing at the farmers market. As with all of our fruit desserts, we'll whisk together the sugar and tapioca starch before adding the fruit to ensure an evenly thickened filling.

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Cook With Us — Live & In the Kitchen

We host relaxed, seasonal cook-alongs on YouTube so you can cook right beside us — asking questions, learning techniques, and having some fun in the kitchen along the way.

We’ve taken a little break on creating new videos but feel free to explore past episodes below anytime the cooking mood strikes. We link our shopping lists in the show notes so you can shop for the video in advance.