On a recent trip to the country side, it was easy to absorb the surroundings and be thankful for what we have. The warm autumn days have brought with it a tremendous bounty. While on the road, we were fortunate to experience one of the more remarkable pumpkin patches of recent memory. Flooded by the...
The versatile, baking staple of pie dough is not as intimidating as you think. I remember when dough was on the board in culinary school. I had a quirky pastry chef who liked food science and instructing with the help of charts and graphs which for pastry helped in removing the great fear of the...
It finally rained – in two ways. Thankfully the ground is now moist, our tomatoes will grow and the grass might turn away from it’s current shade of tan. Yay! Yet, unfortunately, during our trip to the farmer’s market yesterday, we were informed that the asparagus must be left to shoot up into it’s destined...
I had been gearing up to post about what I call Market Mystery. This is either the new or unexpected produce that turns up at the market or in your CSA box that you would never dream of buying out of your regular habits. Turns out, this event coincided perfectly when I invited my neighbour...
