Imperfect, heirloom, colorful, natural varieties of like old fashioned corn and other produce are truly the best tasting AND best looking. Yesterday Jack spent the day at my parents’ homestead and when I dropped him off in the morning they told me that there was extra corn from their garden if…
Yesterday I spent the afternoon with three high school friends that I hadn’t seen in 15 years. We met at Great Falls (the Maryland side) and spent two hours catching up over a modest picnic of trail mix, chocolate chip cookies, and fresh farmers’ market peaches. I hadn’t been there…
Coffee. Some days it’s more glorious than others, and today is one of those days. We’re on day seven of our vacation. We’re also on day seven of Jack, our one year old, waking up before 6 a.m. And if that wasn’t difficult enough on its own, Jack has also…
Not since Under the Tuscan Sun have I read a book that has made me want to cook, travel, and eat every simple Italian dish in sight. That is, until I picked up Eat, Pray, Love the other day at the bookstore. I’ll be honest, I want to see the…
Consider bringing local fruits and veggies for a farm fresh vacation! We’re on vacation this week in Cape May, New Jersey. The drive up from Maryland was fairly uneventful, except for a few stretches about 20 miles out from the shore where we averaged 5 mph. Painfully slow, especially when…
Once you know how to hold a knife properly you’ll wonder how you ever managed in the kitchen otherwise! I’ve never understood why people prefer a food chopper to a nice chef’s knife. If you know how to hold a knife properly (which, by the way, does not include putting your index finger…