09/07/2026
What if the season you’re trying so hard to hold onto…is actually making room for something better? 🍂
Labor Day has always felt bittersweet to me.
Summer isn’t technically gone. There’s still corn at the farm stands, tomatoes on the counter and basil growing outside. But then evening comes, you reach for a sweater…and you know.
Something is changing.
I’ve been thinking about how much that feels like life.
Sometimes we’re ready for a new season. Sometimes we’re absolutely not. Sometimes life turns the page before we’ve finished reading the last one.
My new INTO FOCUS episode of The Artful Gourmet Podcast is a more personal conversation about endings, beginnings, uncertainty, changing priorities—and learning that moving forward doesn’t mean what came before mattered any less.
And my companion essay brings that idea back to the kitchen with my Fabulous Fall Turkey & Veggie Soup—a colorful, light-but-comforting bowl filled with late-summer vegetables, ground turkey, cannellini beans, tomatoes, fresh basil and Parmesan.
Summer meeting fall. ❤️🍲🍁
🎧 Listen to Between Seasons: Letting Go, Beginning Again & Embracing Change on The Artful Gourmet Podcast.
📖 Then read the companion essay + get the soup, Parmesan-garlic toast, salad and w**e pairings on my Substack and The Artful Gourmet blog.
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If someone in your life is navigating a new chapter right now, send this their way. ❤️