Archive - Stories from Catbird Cottage

June 2025

Salt your cantaloupe

Two thirst-quenching recipes to make all summer

Jun 27 •

Live with Melina Hammer

Watch: Stroll with me through Catbird Cottage Gardens

Jun 25 •

15:37

A divine menu to welcome summer

Strawberry-pecan crisp, seared sea scallops with pickled chili herb sauce + blistered green beans, sugar snap pea salad with pink peppercorns

Jun 20 •

Dispatch from the gardens + a guide for how to make exciting salads

Don't underestimate that which appears elemental 👉🏼 Your next favorite salad, right this way, plus a gf cold noodle salad!

Jun 13 •

Tuna tartare tostadas

Impress everyone with these outrageously yummy bites

Jun 6 •

May 2025

Plump and versatile, perfect for layering with what's in season

May 30 •

Chili-flecked fennel + feta salad

With cheery orange wheels + crushed hazelnuts

May 23 •

The allure of spices to bring summer ease (+ a giveaway!)

Recipes from Liberia, Afghanistan, and Lebanon from the new book, Setting a Place for Us

May 16 •

Green garlic aioli

With buttery potatoes, fava beans, and juicy asparagus to drag through it

May 9 •

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