A few years ago my husband and I took a trip to the Azores, an archipelago off the coast of Portugal. We were looking to take a vacation to some place interesting but didn’t want to spend a lot of money. At the time we lived in the Boston area where there is a huge [...]

As the weeks go by, I get more and more sad about how close the end of my CSA membership is. I just… I don’t want to talk about. Kale 2 leeks big head of cabbage 1 tomato fall salad mix green pepper a bunch of potatoes

Growing up I had little interest in learning to cook. I did have a lot of interest in eating delicious food, though. While I was surrounded by wonderful cooks and was introduced to unusual and exotic foods, I just didn’t give a darn about learning to cook for myself. Every now and then I’d try [...]

Sorry for the delay, but this has been a hectic week. The benefit of posting my CSA box details later in the week is that I get to tell you how I used the ingredients. And this week… well, let’s just say that all did NOT go well. I am really loving these fall boxes. [...]

How do you know it’s officially Fall? Is it the changing leaves, the brisk breeze, the renewed appreciation for heavy food and hoppy beers? At Cafe L’Enfant’s amazing Tuesday happy hour (1/2 price Belgians!) last week as I blissfully enjoyed an LSAT class-free week night with some dear friends, we ordered a couple rounds and [...]

Last weekend, we went out to the garden, ripped up what was left of our summer bounty, and started planting for fall. You might have noticed that my summer blog entries often relied on farmers’ market produce rather than beautiful home grown produce from our garden. Well, that’s because we had quite a comical growing [...]

If I were to go on one of those cooking contest shows (Top Chef, Next Food Network Star, Next Iron Chef, etc) and they asked me what my culinary point of view was, as they ask all contestants, it would be this: As a formerly horrendous cook, I now cook stuff without a recipe that [...]

This week’s box is perfectly representative of the season in my neck of the woods. It is leaning towards fall with a few remnants of summer — butternut squash and a summer squash living together happily in my CSA box. I’m sure I could come up with a parody of “Ebony and Ivory” that is [...]

(Remember on 90210 when David learns about non-violence and then his friends almost get in a fight and he’s all “yo, seriously… squash it…” and he smacks his hand on his fist? Classic!) Anyway… I have a very love/hate relationship with the fall. Fall foods are just so darn good! But fall does mean that [...]

The boxes get heavier and heavier… and more and more substantial. No more of this salad business. These veggies require thought. They want to be prepared and they want to be the star of a dish. Lots of potatoes 2 red tomatoes 1 HUGE yellow tomato 2 red peppers 1 big green pepper Lots of [...]