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...

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...

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 -...

I have been reading about the environmental impact of food waste recently, from the squandering of massive amounts of resources—seeds,...

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...

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...

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....

A round up of what I have learned in yet another week of dietary constraints revolving around my delight -- as described last week -- in...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Happy Thanksgiving week everyone. It will definitely be a strange celebration this year. We usually have a largeish one – family and all...

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...

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...

Recently I have been struggling a bit where this blog is concerned. It feels somewhat obscene to be writing about food and cooking so...

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...

Spring cleaning is obviously a must, but autumn cleaning is somehow more satisfying, maybe because it feels like a bonus round of...

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...

Last week was an excellent week for Instagram photos, recipes that had been made previously and therefore feature via link in the weekly...

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...

A slightly disjointed menu preview this week... Some people are incurable romantics or optimists, I happen to be an incurable insomniac...