Oh goodness, it has been a while since my last post. My very observant friend Wendy asked what was going on and I explained that a CSA hiatus plus life got in the way of regular menu plans. Hopefully you all have been soldiering on in my absence! Lest you think I am a complete
Spring showers. And rainbows. And flowers. This week had them all, including major down pours on Wednesday and Thursday. My trees and flowers all think spring is here, so there are tiny buds on some and fledgling leaves on others. The Blenheim apricot looks ready to rock this season and the D’Anjou pear in the
Did you know my first menu plan was published July 4, 2008? Technically, it might have been the post from the week before, June 24, 2008, in which I listed a couple ways to use fennel. No photos, natch. And now we are up to 230 menu plans. How far we have come! BTW, did
Thanksgiving week! The food. The family. The joy! Oh yes, I am happy. By now you have all see my menu plan for Thanksgiving dinner. Fortunately, we have to eat the rest of the week too, and with our vegetable box from Fifth Crow Farms, we are all set. This week we found Delicata squash,
I have a group of friends who enjoy the challenge of trying something new in the kitchen. We gather periodically for cook book dinner club, where we choose a theme or cookbook. This month we chose junior league cookbooks, which offered lots of opportunities to experiment. We cooked from The Junior League Celebration Cookbook, Private