• CSA Week 2

    - - Note to self, do not prepare any recipes that call for glass noodles as my husband doesn’t like them. Out of the hundreds, if not thousands, of recipes I have made while writing this blog, this one...

  • Dreyer Farms CSA Week 2

    - - - Last week I was getting through my produce from a shared CSA box. So far I’ve received asparagus, lettuce, radishes, kale, spinach, eggs, golden beets, shiitake mushrooms and rainbow Swiss Chard....

  • Dreyer Farms CSA Week 1

    [Image description] After skipping participation in Dreyer’s Farms’ CSA program in 2022, this year my daughter and I have decided to rejoin. For us, we selected the medium box which is perfect for six...

  • I did it my way

    - - “A recipe has no soul. You as the cook must bring soul to the recipe.” Thomas Keller A recipe is someone’s creation that has been tried and improved until perfected. However, sometimes, you as the...

  • being alive

    - - ​“May, more than any other month of the year, wants us to feel most alive.”— Fennel Hudson Now that the weather has improved, don’t you feel more alive, energetic? I feel that way about cooking,...

  • chicken stew

    [Image description] ​Mother’s Day is Sunday and if you still don’t know what to serve, may I suggest Creamy Spinach-Artichoke Chicken Stew. I made this the other evening and it was delicious; my husband...