I am in NY this week for business, and staying at the Hilton NY Fashion District hotel. While eating breakfast and killing time until my room was ready (following my red-eye flight), I couldn’t help but notice the fabulous, fashionably dressed group of women, all in black and grey, with great haircuts, at the table next…
I took Jen’s fabulous Leek and Beet Green frittata recipe from last summer’s Sunday Supper, and modified it for the veggies I received in this week’s vegetable box. (As I’ve mentioned before, I get a weekly box of organic vegetables from a local service, Brown Box Organics–it’s a bit of a surprise, as you never know…
I just read a great blog post at Nerdfitness.com. It’s about picking a super hero persona…one to help you power through your goals. “Make the superhero version of yourself do all of the things that you’re afraid of or struggling with. Why? Because superheroes attack problems in way different ways than a normal cubicle dweller.…
Thursday was my first “eat local all day” day. My observations: 1) Eating Local Takes Planning Unless you do it daily, you will need to think through what you want to eat and where you need to buy the ingredients. I can see that it gets easier and quicker the more you do it 2)…
My friend Janet Hawkins Moore is eating local during the month of January (in Boise, Idaho…not as easy as some more temperate climates). Looking at her first day’s post, it looks like a delicious initiative. When I first saw Janet’s post about eating local, I thought “Good idea, and since I already do a lot of local…
I don’t usually like grape juice. But this weekend while at the Farmer’s Market, one of my daughter’s classmates was handing out grape juice samples. She was working so hard (she is in 5th grade) and helping her grandparents, how could I not buy a $5 jar of fresh Galena Grape Juice? When I arrived…
I get it now….the joy and rapture felt by the mean food critic in the movie, “Ratatouille.” Do you remember that scene…the emotion, the memories, the savoring every single bite??? After I saw the movie, I made ratatouille for the first time. It was ok. Nothing special; probably because I used out-of-season ingredients. (tisk, tisk—I should…
Check out this cool peak season map. It’s a fun way to see what ingredients are in season this month and what you have to look forward to at the Farmer’s Market in the coming months (assuming you do that type of thing!) Pick a month on the top border, then click on your state and…
I knew there was something stranger looking than Kohlrabi–Fiddlehead Ferns! According to Wikipedia, fiddlehead ferns are the furled fronds of a young fern and are harvested for use as a vegetable. Left on the plant, each fiddlehead would unroll into a new frond (a leaf). And, according to the farmer at the Farmer’s Market, they can only be…
I like making grain salads because they are easy, usually healthy, and I can whip them together quickly with ingredients I have on hand. I made an impromptu grain salad Friday for a block party. And, what’s funny, is I took a great cooking class last night from Fuel for the Soul, and one of the dishes…
Bicycles and Blueberries 