Remember last month when I participated in a blogger roundup about the new cookbook, Perfect One-Dish Dinners? Well, in addition to being fun, I also had the opportunity to meet several new bloggers. Bonus. This month, Shauna James Ahern, of the Gluten-Free Girl and the Chef, proposed a similar roundup, focused on a Gluten-Free Thanksgiving. [...]
This week, my favorite local vegetable CSA, Two Small Farms, is delivering another load of tomatoes, maybe the last of the year. As I was encouraging others to participate in the buy, I thought it might be nice to write up the different ways you can preserve tomatoes for the winter, especially since I have [...]
One of the neat things I learned last weekend at the BlogHer Food Conference, from the Pear Bureau Northwest, was that pears on my backyard tree will not ripen by themselves on the tree. So, when I got home, I promptly picked the remaining pears (some early ones dropped to the ground and became chicken [...]
Last month, we attended a Thai Cooking Class, a benefit evening for our local school district. Three local moms put together a wonderful menu, and helped the guests learn more about Thai cuisine and culture. Thai Cooking Class Menu One of the highlights of the evening was learning to make Som Tom, Papaya Salad. Traditional [...]
Back again is our very own Kitchen Kid, sharing her thoughts on an item from last week’s menu plan. Enjoy! Ratatouille with pasta Today I will like to tell you about: RATATOUILLE Kids will not think it is a good meal, because they won’t think some of the things in it sound good. There is [...]
Please give a hearty welcome to my daughter, who will be giving us her opinion of my menu plan each week. We will post her thoughts on Sundays, and she will highlight a dish or two she felt was particularly noteworthy (or not!). I will help her with the photos and layout, but the text [...]
Did you know I am participating in the Food Buzz Project Food Blog Challenge? Now would be a great time to vote. Tonight even. A couple times. No, that would be illegal. Once is enough. And then you can tell your friends to vote too. (note: It requires you to register, but I am really [...]
Chilaquiles, a traditional Mexican hangover cure, is a truly flexible dish easy to throw together for an impromptu brunch or dinner after a busy day. This recipe originally was clipped out of the San Francisco Chronicle in 2003, and every time I find a fresh bunch of chard in my Two Small Farms vegetable box, [...]
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, [...]
Our last weekly TGIF block party was last Friday, and I brought three seasonal (sort of) appetizers to share: Cherry tomatoes (from the garden) Basil leaf (from the garden) Cucumber Feta or Mozzarella Cheese Kalamata Olive (pitted) Skewer in any combination you desire. Drizzle with a lemony vinaigrette. Next time, I will use smaller toothpicks [...]
A certain someone (who shall remain nameless) had a birthday recently and requested ribs, macaroni salad and carrot slaw for dinner. I was only too happy to oblige, seeing as how I show love through food. Plus, the Macaroni salad will also serve as my entry in this month’s Grow Your Own blogging event, which [...]
Last week I was invited to play tennis with the ladies, and unfortunately, managed to smack two of them with my serve during our match. The rule is, if you hit someone with a tennis ball, you have to buy them a drink. So I invited the tennis group over for our Friday TGIF and [...]
