I grew up in Charlotte, North Carolina a town that was as Southern as you wanted it to be. An equal number of my friends growing up had debutant balls as had lavish bat mitzvahs. People discussed NASCAR at the sushi bar. Charlotte was Southern in its roots, but it was growing up into a [...]

I got a lot of peaches at Heyser Farm on Saturday. Like a LOT. We can each bring one for lunch and I can grill them to have with dinner, but that still left a lot of peaches. I could make a cobbler or a pie, but I try to stick to healthy foods during [...]

I live in Montgomery County, MD just a couple of miles from the border of DC. If you know Montgomery County, the first images that pop into your mind are big fancy houses in Chevy Chase or soccer moms in Rockville. Potomac, MD was in fact the inspiration for Beverly Hills, 90210. That is a [...]

This week’s box was great!  No lettuce!  Not one leafy green!  It was filled with colorful deliciousness…and no creepy-crawlers. 2 cucumbers 2 zucchini 2 yellow squash 1 long Asian eggplant 1 tomato container of yellow cherry tomatoes 2 sweet onions bag of red potatoes

Ona opted for beets at the farmers market this week; I had them forced upon me in my CSA box. Things that I know about beets: They are ridiculously good for you. Red veggies, as a rule, are great cancer fighters. Beets also help prevent heart disease by decreasing cholesterol. They have tons of sugars, [...]

The summer after I graduated from college, I spent 6 weeks in Lithuania attempting to learn the amazingly complex language, visiting family, and exploring the Lithuanian cuisine, some of which settled in my stomach much more comfortably than others. For example, I never warmed up to the sour cream and bacon sauce that was often [...]

I consider myself to be a pretty tough girl. I don’t mind getting dirty, I have a pretty high threshold for pain, I wear baseball hats, and I drive a pick-up truck that I proudly bought for myself. I will tell you how I feel about Jeff Gordon in between tequila shots. I think that [...]

Scene: Stopping at the grocery store on our way home. Me: So what would you like for dinner? Husband: I don’t know. Whatever. Me: Well we’re going to the store, so we can have anything you want. Husband: Ok, then I want turkey burgers with guacamole and the Asian slaw with the ramen in it. [...]

I love to cook… I love to come up with new dishes… but I REALLY love when I come up with a meal that uses up all the stuff that is sitting in my fridge. The CSA means that I have tons of very fresh veggies that will go bad if I don’t use them [...]

Just one of the important life skills and lasting memories I’ll take away from working on the farm in Costa Rica (lesson #2: don’t put fingers in dark boots) was learning about female anatomy… cow anatomy, that is. Ronald spent a couple mornings gesticulating and explaining enthusiastically about how to milk his precious vacas. It [...]