Our Share of the Harvest

Or, alternatively titled, “Oh shit, I let the expensive artisan bread get kinda hard and stale.  Now what?” Because that’s exactly how this meal came to be.  I bought a nice loaf of rosemary-olive oil bread to be cubed for a fun cheese fondue dinner.  That night, I worked until 8 pm and just really, [...]

I love love love runny eggs and they have been BIG on the food scene in the last few years.  Runny eggs on burgers, salads, pasta dishes, you name it.  Sometimes I thin foods are suited to having dripping, underdone, should-be-gross-but-is-delectable yolk gushing out over them and sometimes…not so much.  Because I think runny eggs, [...]

My very first experience with food photography wasn’t for the blog or Facebook or even practice shots (uh, have you seen the first few posts?  There was little practice).  No, the first photo I remember taking of food was a plate with a basic split chicken breast, a pile of Lipton’s seasoned rice and some [...]

My birthday was last week and Greg had planned an awesome trip to Virgina wine country for 2 relaxing days in a hotel complete with spa treatments for me, nice dinner reservations and successive tasting tours at 3 nearby wineries.  Sounds like a blissful and romantic way to forget about welcome turning 30, right? Until [...]

I’m seriously not trying to be such a copycat blogger this month but this is a time of year when all bloggers are speaking my language–healthy foods made with seasonal ingredients that are tasty and approachable enough to make for a weeknight dinner.  When you keep finding meals that seem delicious, healthy, comforting and using [...]