Potatoes This week is going to be busy, I have lots of writing planned and am getting ready to participate in the Foodbuzz Project Food Blog challenge. Why, you ask? Oh, I don’t know, I didn’t seem to have enough going on already. Snort. Anywho, our box from Two Small Farms had several tasty goodies. [...]
Lately when we travel, we like to stay in short-term rental apartments. We like the extra space and the flexibility of having our meals in, rather than out at restaurants. We have stayed in fabulous vacation rentals in London, Paris, Healdsburg and Lake Tahoe. Our recent vacation to Donner Lake reminded me that there are [...]
Mirepoix Marsha had a great tip this week – she took the parsley root and celery from a couple weeks ago, along with the carrots from this week, and chopped everything up in preparation for a Labor Day weekend getaway. Fabulous idea! I did the same at home with fennel, onions, celery and carrots from [...]
With the end of summer, we hosted a BBQ dinner to celebrate Pat’s 80th birthday. Another great backyard party, with the help this time of my brother and sister-in-law. I served roasted leg of lamb (from Sierra Farms Lamb); Grilled chicken; Farro salad with artichokes and sun-dried tomatoes; Savory tomato bread pudding; Green pea, bacon [...]
In the tradition of many a San Francisco restaurant, I wanted to experiment with Corn on the Cob three ways; grilled, microwaved and traditional 2-minute boil method. I was curious to see which was actually the best way, best being a combination of time + effort. Grilled: The most time consuming of the three methods, [...]
Cookbook Book Club: Cooking with Paula Wolfert
Family Dinner Plan: Mother’s Day
Family Dinner Plan: Pretty purple spring onions
