Our Share of the Harvest

One of the keys to CSA success is knowing when and how to preserve your harvest when it starts to exceed your intake.  Knowing “when” is pretty easy–if you’ve still got some of last week’s share sitting in the crisper when you get a bin full of new veggies, it’s time to start preserving.  The [...]

I like Cuisinart, I really do.  They make quality products which I used all the time.  However, their waffle maker was crap.  Total crap.  We picked one up almost two years ago to complete our wedding registry (hello 20% off everything!) and used it maybe 3-4 times before the lever that controls the temperature broke [...]

Going to work at 6 am and having a 13-hour experiment completely FAIL means I can leave a bit early and be the one to pick up the CSA share.  Except, since I wasn’t anticipating being the pick-up person, I only had my dinky little fold-up reuseable shopping bag to carry our bounty home.  When [...]

The first time Greg and I watched The Break Up, I let a few tears slip down my face before wailing to my-then boyfriend “YOU DON’T CLEAN UP AFTER DINNER PARTIES EITHER!!!  WE’RE DOOOOOOOOMED!!!’ We’re now about a week out from our second wedding anniversary and we’ve been together for over 10 years.  I no [...]

The theme for this month’s What’s Baking was “Baking for Mom” which, I’m embarrassed to say, I sucked at.  Not the dish, these Peach Tassies are pretty fabulous, if I do say so myself.  No, I sucked at actually baking for my mother. Like most couples, Greg and I have worked out our own way [...]