Our Share of the Harvest

I think this was our first week without lettuce and I have to say, I’m not disappointed.  Greg gave up on salad a few weeks back so it’s been me, a bottle of dressing and pile of leaves every day for lunch.  On one hand, I’m super sick of the green stuff; on the other [...]

One of the most ridiculous parties I have been to was attended not by frat guys or bachelorettes but by a group of married couples, all in various stages of family planning, gathered around a tray of bacon-wrapped Lil’ Smokies and a chip-and-dip set full of Tostitos and salsa, talking about their white-collar jobs in [...]

A can of National Bohemian Beer, a Baltimore icon since 1885, blatantly boasts that it is “From the Land of Pleasant Living”.  As a Foodbuzz Featured Publisher, I had the opportunity to host one of their 24×24 parties and I couldn’t think of a better party theme than to showcase just why Maryland is a [...]

Aside from zucchini bread and a handful of creative recipes, vegetables are not conducive to dessert making, particularly baking.  And damn do I love baking.  But fruits, well, fruits can be adapted well to baking, so ever since strawberries came into season, I’ve been throwing around ideas for how to get them into something cake-like.  [...]

Today was a crap day.  I’d love to tell all of you cyberspace friends and readers that my life is all crisp, dewy lettuce and cupcakes with swirly frosting but I’m just not feeling dewy or swirly today. Still, we got vegetables and the summer crop is rolling in, beginning to replace the greens of [...]