Yes I love food. And I love to cook. But feeding this family might just do me in. How does that work? There must be some way to continue to channel my adoration for food into the bellies of my family, but the schedules, the lunchboxes, the lovingly prepared food spat out by one child…
The Great Tomato Debate: Solved and Resolved!
So, if you’ve been around here for a little while, you might remember the unbelievable and somewhat exciting mess that I made of many pounds of tomatoes last year. The question at hand was this: How does one successfully freeze a tomato? I’d had some failed attempts in the past that were horrible curdled tomato…
The Daring Bakers December Challenge: Yule Log
OK, I am not a yule log making kind of girl. I am not ashamed of this. Sweet things that take many days to mold and create, that require caramelizing sugar seventeen times- not my thing. Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for eating these sorts of creations. I just don’t usually envision myself making…
caramel cake
So here, it is, my first challenge with the Daring Bakers! And wow, was this more of an adventure than I ever could have imagined. This months challenge was Shuna Fish Lydon of Eggbeater’s Caramel Cake as posted in Bay Area Bites. The hosts for this month’s challenge were Dolores of Culinary Curiosity, Alex of…
Hail the size of basketballs
Okay, maybe actually very small golf balls. Nevertheless, ice rained down on my beautiful swiss chard and baby lettuce, the very first things I ever started from seed, and it is a green battlefield out there. And I’ll tell you, the swiss chard did not win. So tomorrow? Swiss Chard Pie. Mid July Swiss Chard…
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