Our Share of the Harvest

My friend Noelle has introduced me to many things in the 11 years I’ve known her: The Firm workout DVDs, Snood, hair straightening and Ricky Martin are among the things (that can be mentioned publicly) that enrich my life thanks to Noelle.  The most recent life-enhancement she’s brought me is the Bloody Mary.  Whether it’s [...]

Last week, I had the pleasure of planning the menu for a bridal shower honoring one of my best friends and roommate from college.  Unfortunately, between recovering from a nasty cold and trying to prep the food and get it to the hostess’ house, I was just not in the right frame of mind to [...]

The pick up was a bit slim this week but I’m happy to have the break. For some reason, I thought it was a good idea to load myself down with more tomatoes, peaches and blackberries than I know what to do with. Of course, the intent was to make stuff and can or freeze [...]

I menu plan based on what we have in the CSA and what we have in the house.  From there, we grocery shop and supplement with after-work trips to the store as needed.  I only plan 4-5 meals in advance so as we run through them, we have more and more conversations like this: Me: [...]

I recently created the menu for a bridal shower brunch and, while searching for inspiration online and staring at our CSA’s heirloom tomatoes, I was astounded at the number of recipes for some combination of crust, cheese and fresh tomatoes. Not even pizza but tarts, quiches, galettes, flatbreads–and they all had different accessory ingredients.  Just [...]