Menu: Week of 03/21/21
It is officially Spring my calendar tells me. Yesterday was lovely, but the night before I stood at the window at 3 am and watched a bit...
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Mar 14, 2021
Menu: Week of 03/14/21
Several of you have been kind enough to reach out to ask about how my recently implemented and dreaded life-style changes are going. The...
Mar 7, 2021
Menu: Week of 03/07/21
I had a conversation with my mom this week that made me think about the way I shop for food and how important - perhaps pathologically -...
Feb 28, 2021
Menu: Week of 02/28/21
I have been reading about the environmental impact of food waste recently, from the squandering of massive amounts of resources—seeds,...
Feb 21, 2021
Menu: Week of 02/21/21
It is that time of the year, gray mid-February, when I start to dream of Spring vegetables. It is also the season where I begin purging...
Feb 14, 2021
Menu: Week of 02/14/21
I am whole-heartedly done with winter. Valentine’s Day or not, It is yet another grey, still cold day outside and, though some form of...
Feb 7, 2021
Menu: Week of 02/07/21
There will be no celebrating of the Super Bowl LV in this house, and no lavish spread of game snacks to document, for which I apologize....
Jan 31, 2021
Menu: Week of 01/31/21
A round up of what I have learned in yet another week of dietary constraints revolving around my delight -- as described last week -- in...
Jan 24, 2021
Menu: Week of 01/23/21
We’re ba-a-ck! It has been a few weeks so this is a particularly lengthy newsletter. I will get started on updating the blog with what...
Dec 27, 2020
Menu: Week of 12/27/20
Not much to talk about this week. First winter menu though, and good to know that the days will now start getting longer. We had a lovely...
Dec 20, 2020
Menu: Week of 12/19/20
I skipped my CSA box this week. I can hear the collective reader gasp already... It wasn’t because I couldn’t stand another box of root...
Dec 13, 2020
Menu: Week of 12/13/20
Not feeling particularly chatty about food today as last week’s menu was a true dud and writing this week’s menu was, which happens...
Dec 6, 2020
Menu: Week of 12/06/20
As I write this, there are very strong winds outside. One of the cats likes to be with me as much as possible but, since I keep my...
Nov 29, 2020
Menu: Week of 11/29/20
It is unfortunate that it is only the very end of November and, already, the excitement at the winter CSA box arrival is rapidly starting...
Nov 22, 2020
Menu: Week of 11/22/20
Happy Thanksgiving week everyone. It will definitely be a strange celebration this year. We usually have a largeish one – family and all...
Nov 15, 2020
Menu: Week of 11/15/20
I don’t know about you, but there has been such a cacophony of noise from the media cycle, and such an influx of petitions and...
Nov 8, 2020
Menu: Week of 11/08/20
One of the quips from the internet this week that made me chuckle was: “from the year that brought us the four months of April, come the...
Oct 31, 2020
Menu: Week of 11/01/20
Recently I have been struggling a bit where this blog is concerned. It feels somewhat obscene to be writing about food and cooking so...
Oct 25, 2020
Menu: Week of 10/25/20
My menu is all over the map this week with hybrid this and that, and cultural appropriation galore. I am still on my spice cabinet/pantry...
Oct 18, 2020
Menu: Week of 10/18/20
Spring cleaning is obviously a must, but autumn cleaning is somehow more satisfying, maybe because it feels like a bonus round of...
Oct 11, 2020
Menu: Week of 10/11/20
I have been really lucky and have had the opportunity to visit and live in some really wonderful places. I have a lot of memories, and a...
Oct 4, 2020
Menu: Week of 10/05/20
Last week was an excellent week for Instagram photos, recipes that had been made previously and therefore feature via link in the weekly...
Sep 27, 2020
Menu: Week of 09/27/20
The first autumn menu for 2020. Happy fall everyone! Today is slated to reach 82 F but my thoughts have already veered from summer warmth...
Sep 20, 2020
Menu: Week of 09/20/20
A slightly disjointed menu preview this week... Some people are incurable romantics or optimists, I happen to be an incurable insomniac...
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