Life in the Making Press celebrates seasonality, community, abundance and doing it yourself.

About The Press

Deeply seasonal, we publish collections of recipes, how tos and stories that capture handmade living throughout the year. From simple urban and rural forages that can be turned into delicious treats and hand makes, to fermenting to making gifts, this practical and beautifully photographed collection is also woven with personal insights and stories of an Iowan living in Scotland in pursuit of a more sustainable way of living, making and eating. It's not just the textures and colours of the seasons, but also our connection to gathering and growing that bring this publication alive.

From Issue 01 - Late Summer:

But no matter how or with whom it is eaten, the food of late summer is a living love letter to the season and to the community we are a part of...

...and that is the heart of what this, our first edition of our new quarterly publication is about. It’s about the feast that comes after a year of work, whether that work is in your field or someone else’s. After months of moving compost, sowing seeds, and tending plants, the abundance in the fields and hedgerows begs to be shared.  This year especially, as we spent months apart from loved ones, gathering around a table of good, seasonal makesfeels especially important. It is sharing abundance and building a longer table, not a taller fence, when you have too much.

(though it might also be about giving away an over abundance of courgettes to anyone that makes eye contact).