Taffy Elrod

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Bonjour!

Me, looking into the lens of the camera with my hand above my eyes as if I’m searching a crowd or looking out to see. I have brown skin, black eyes, and black, ringlets that fall below my ears. I’m wearing a black, v-neck shirt. I’m sitting in my brown office chair, beside a book shelf, a wall and an open door behind me. I’m facing the window where the early afternoon light, of a rainy day illuminates my face.

Hello out there.
It’s been a long time since I showed my face around here. I’m very much appreciating the return of fall.

A pic from above of my tabby cat Kit Kat blissfully asleep in a brown, leather office chair. A stack of cooking magazines on the floor right behind her.

Front facing view of Kit Kat’s face seen through the arm rest of the brown, leather office chair. She is bathed in natural light from the window behind her. My desk and various papers and cookbooks in the background.

Kit Kat “helping” me organize my home office.
Happy caturday to all who celebrate.

Happy Thursday!

That’s stunning. All those flavors! Brown butter is innocent, I tell you. Could never hurt a fly.

That sounds amazing!

Oh! Thanks.

Top view of an adorable, round, deep orange, kabocha squash that looks almost like Terra cotta, with a short, nubbly stem that looks like jute sitting on a wooden surface.

Side view of an adorable, pot-bellied, deep orange, kabocha squash sitting on a wooden table.

If you had a perfect kabocha squash and an enthusiastic love of fall what would you make?

Wonderful!

Beautiful. I hope you’re having a wonderful time.

So people who are hurting and feeling paralyzed right now keep doing your things. Make the art, tell the story, be kind, feed someone, adopt a pet, laugh at a joke, plant a tree, listen to an elder or a child. Don’t stop doing the good things cuz no one is gonna stop doing the hateful things.

I feel paralyzed by all the horror and heartache going on in the world right now. You know who doesn’t feel paralyzed by it? Terrible people, doing terrible things. They feel emboldened and inspired.

Chef Taffy Elrod in a black chef jacket, Summer Strawberry Cornmeal Shortbread with vanilla ice cream, Jacques Pepin Foundation Chef Pepin in a white chef jacket

Juneteenth has become both a day of joyful celebration and a day of prolific work for me.
I get to share my most joyful recipes with everyone in some of the most thrilling places.

🎉 We are celebrating Juneteenth with recipes from The Juneteenth Cookbook by Alliah L. Agostini with Chef @taffyelrod.bsky.social‬ and illustrated by Sawyer Cloud!

Follow along with Alliah and her grandparents as they explore the holiday through food!

#BookSky #Cookbooks #KidLit #Juneteenth

Thanks!

Thanks. We’re holding our own. I hope you are too. Love and good vibes right back at you. ⭐️💙💜♥️

The news we need right now. 💙

A layered ginger-citrus sweet potato pie bar with bright orange filling on a graham cracker crust with crumble topping, on a small white plate green trees and grass blurred in the background.

A photo of cooks country magazine open to the page featuring my ginger-citrus sweet potato pie bar recipe in the June/July 2025 recipe.

From this to this my first @cookscountry.bsky.social recipe feature 💙🧡💙

Sliced shallots and jalapeños in an enameled pot.

Been making a lot of soup lately.

Close up of fresh cut Lilacs in two shades of lilac and their green leaves, still wet with rain, in a vase on a table, in the cloudy light from a window on the right side, with a deep red window sill. A white tray with something green is peeking out behind the lilacs. I wish you could smell their sweet, floral fragrance.

Freshly cut stalks of rhubarb, bright green with streaks of red laid on a narrow white tray.

Spring things

Thanks we’re hanging in.
I hope all is well with you and yours. ♥️

Ha ha, I’m definitely the face scrubber.

It’s a non-negotiable staple in our house.

👀 vegeta 💙

Who can blame us?

Thanks

It’s a vegetarian version my grandmother used to make. I’ve been missing her something fierce the past few years. I made it to feel close to her for a little while.
I think I’ll be adding mince pies to my holiday baking from now on. ♥️

Thanks Jim.

Green tomato mincemeat pie topped with seven six pointed pie crust stars. Sitting on a wooden table between the corner of a chocolate box and the edge of a pecan pie.

Finished green tomato mincemeat pie for grandma June.
Merry Christmas.