Cookin' & Craftin'

Due to some miscommunications and a kitchen cabinet that has the ability to hide dry goods within its depths, Tim and I found ourselves the...

So, this post may be a little too early, in the sense that pepitas , which are hulled pumpkin seeds, are not really in season yet, but I ha...

I had a bunch of leftover homemade basil/cilantro/almond pesto that needed to be used up as well as a craving for a salad.  Did some Goo...

Indonesia does a lot of things well... batik, tropical fruits, apples... but one thing I have found to be sub-par are the tomatoes.  Unripe...

Kate passed on this recipe for labor-inducing eggplant Parmesan so I could share it with Jamie, who was nearing her due-date... it made me ...

Easy weeknight dinner: pesto (basil, garlic, Parmesan, nuts, olive oil, salt, pepper) mozzarella fresh tomato slices whole wheat pizza doug...

This was another "cleaning out the fridge" recipe, or "mixed grill" if you're the Real Martha. Sick of the usual ar...

One of the veggies that keeps coming through the CSA despite super cold temperatures is arugula. We've been eating a lot of it recently...

This week I got a bundle of ramps in my CSA share. Ramps are wild onions grown and gathered mainly in Appalachia in the spring... they have...

Got some of spring's first asparagus and thought this pesto might a good idea. Omitted the spinach and threw in some basil and parsley ...

Hmmm... I wanted to like this broccoli pesto . It had all of my favorite stinky foods- broccoli, olives, garlic, goat cheese- yet I was not ...

Tony made spaghetti-in-meatballs with a basil tomato dipping sauce tonight after watching what must have been a particularly riveting episo...

I got some more garlic scapes in my CSA share this week... Randy the farmer says it's the last of them for this season. After seeing ...

Made these grilled chicken sandwiches with apples and sage pesto today to use up some sage and apples from the CSA. Pretty good! Put it o...