NO. 19 | FARM TO MARKET

Happy to be in the kitchen, the way you’re happy in your favorite boots. Comfortable. Capable. Exactly where you’re supposed to be.

You’re just back from the farmer’s market, arms full. Heirloom tomatoes still warm from the sun, basil perfuming the air, lemon zest catching the light. Lemongrass brings that clean, green snap that makes the whole room feel alive. A knife hits the board. A bottle opens. A Clairo-inspired playlist goes on loud enough to set the mood without stealing the show.

Outside the kitchen window, the light is turning soft and low, stretching across the land in long shadows. The sky is doing that end-of-day thing where everything looks better than it did an hour ago. You pause for half a second, take it in, then get back to work.

Farm to Market is for that golden-hour stretch when cooking feels effortless and the house fills with promise. Easy, unfussy, and quietly charming. The kind of energy that keeps guests hovering in the kitchen, glasses in hand, pretending not to watch you work.

Light it, tie on the apron, and dazzle them anyway.

PLAYLIST VIBE: Clairo