I have a minor hoarding issue with cookbooks. I love to look at them and borrow them from the library and collect them from bookstores and friends. Tagging their glossy pages for future meals fills me with such possibility and promise. The reality of my daily life is that when I need a recipe…I need […]
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One of my most beloved foods of Summer is melon. I love them all…. cantaloupe, watermelon, honeydew. Each one has their own distinct and succulent flavor. Cantaloupe is musky and sensual while watermelon is playful and bright. They are unbelievably juicy and sweet right now so they have become full time residents in our fridge […]
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I have shared with you my love of roasting all things roastable. Sunday has become my roasting day of choice. As I am doing other things like computer work, making jewelry and photographing food, the oven is creating the most succulent, roasted ingredients you have ever seen. We use those ingredients for many meals throughout […]
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Sunflower Greens are my new addiction. When they are in the house I eat them all. When they are gone, I think about them and wish there were more. Eating a sandwich without them is like PB without J. You wouldn’t do it unless you had a an impeccable replacement. I was introduced to them […]
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Last night I joined a vegan Meetup. I have never done anything like that, I don’t even have my own cell phone. I have always held this preconceived notion about Meetup groups. I thought you were required to be single or extroverted or a dazzling conversationalist. I don’t know what I thought. I am making […]
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The most amazing plums are in season right now at our farmers market. They look like miniature plums because they are even smaller than the already small plum. If they didn’t have pits in them you could easily pop three in your mouth at a time. I have not verified this. They are insanely sweet […]
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It has been the most amazing Michigan summer I can ever remember. It has been scorching and sunny and the sky has perpetually been the most dramatic hue of blue. For me it has been the best days of the very best season. One of my favorite things about summer is craving salads. I love […]
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Over the weekend we splurged on a box of new veggie burgers, Amy’s Quarter Pound Veggie Burgers. They are organic, vegan and crafted with non-GMO (genetically modified organisms) ingredients. I put them in the cart feeling more skeptical than optimistic. What could they possibly do to this thing that hasn’t already been done? They are more […]
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A wonderful friend of ours gave us a bottle of Kombucha Tea to experience so I brought it out at Movie Night. When you bill an evening at your home as “Mind Expanding,” I feel like you should deliver. I opened the bottle and immediately smelled the sediment filled liquid. It is my thing…I am […]
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Wesnesday night was Mind Expanding Movie Night at our house. We rented the documentary Food Inc. Everyone in attendance thought the movie was riveting from beginning to end. It tells the grim tale of where our food is really coming from and who is in charge of quality control. The movie grabs you and won’t […]
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