foodie book club: the butcher and the vegetarian

This month’s selection for the Foodie Book Club was Tara Austen Weaver’s The Butcher and the Vegetarian: One Woman’s Romp through a World of Men, Meat, and Moral Crisis. The author can also be found blogging about her life over at Tea & Cookies. I’m not a regular reader, but my first experience with her […]

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homemade whole wheat hot dog buns

What says summer to you? Lemonade? Barbecue? Swimming pools? Gin and tonics? Our apartment doesn’t have sprinkler systems on the balconies so we can’t grill at home. After an awesome backyard cookout on my last night in Minneapolis (thanks, Spencers!) I had a hankering for more summer meals. After a gray and cloudy start to […]

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fluffy lemon custard cups

April marked the one-year anniversary of this blog. My plan for something clever or exciting for the occasion ended up being about the time I was rethinking the direction of the site and what I really want it to be. The date quietly came and went. Before that one year mark rolled around I made […]

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new food friday 07.16.10

Installment number three! This week I cheated a little because I was helping other people try new foods. We had beets and chard which were both new for some diners. My new food is just a new variety. Mom and I hit up the farmer’s market and grabbed two containers of multi-colored new potatoes — […]

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csa share 7/13/10

Ever since we moved to California everyone has assured us that the weather is not normal. The torrential rains we got this winter were unheard of, the late rains in spring were bizarre, a cool cloudy July was strange. We don’t have a basis of comparison there, but we’re told it’s not usual. My only […]

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questions about health coaching?

Hi everyone! If you’re stopping by from (never home)maker, welcome! If I might recommend some starting points, you can read about me and the site here, browse my recipe index here, or visit my health coaching program page here. If you’re coming to visit Little Blue Hen (thanks!), go check out my guest post on […]

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power-packed potatoes

Greetings from the Land of 10,000 Lakes! I’m back in the Midwest for a visit. One wedding down, one to go. My husband stayed behind to take care of the cats (thanks, honey!) so I’m on my own this trip and staying with my parents. While I’m hoping to eke a few posts out of […]

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grandma’s favorite greek (to me) pasta

We did a really good job eating all of our CSA veggies a few weeks ago. Normally we have a few things skulking around the back of the fridge somewhere, but just before our latest share arrived we were pretty much done. I was proud of us, until I went to make dinner and realized […]

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with apologies to my sister, an apricot tart

Each time I visit the market or store I load up on fruit. Each time I pile it in my basket I say to myself, “This would make a lovely dessert! I can’t wait to bake with it!” Each time I daydream about the delicious pie/cake/clafoutis that will feature such delicious fruit. Each time I […]

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stone fruit mini-crisps

San Diego has dozens of farmers markets. That sounds great, but the convenience of multiple daily neighborhood markets means that there are fewer vendors at each one. My neighborhood market is just a few miles down the road but it has about 2 fruit stands, 2 vegetable stands, a plant nursery, and a duck egg […]

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