new food friday! 07.02.10

Are you excited for the first installment of I sure am! New food of the week: pluots! My husband and I had never tried them before, so I brought some home from the farmer’s market. I turned them into dessert — post on its way. What new food did you try this week? Keep up […]

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quick and easy homemade pickles

What kind of pickles do you like? After we moved grocery store trips were sometimes fraught with peril — the brands we used to buy in the Midwest (Sing with me now… Gedney, it’s the Minnesota pickle!) aren’t always available in California. Occasionally I will come home with what I thought was the right item […]

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csa share 6/30/10

This was a hard-won box of vegetables. We pick up at a nearby chiropractic office between 11am-2pm or 3pm-6pm. Today I decided to go before my husband’s work shift so he could have the car and I could stay home and get work done. Except the office was apparently closed this morning, so then I […]

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the kitchen reader: food matters

The June selection for The Kitchen Reader was Food Matters: A Guide to Conscious Eating by Mark Bittman, chosen by Elizabeth from Spike Bakes. Mark Bittman is probably best known as the author of the New York Times Minimalist column and his How to Cook Everything cookbooks. My preference is markbittman.com which features his articles […]

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beans with greens, two ways

The most common question I get when people find out that I’m vegetarian is, “How do you get your protein?” According to the FDA, “Current scientific evidence indicates that protein intake is not a public health concern for adults and children over 4 years of age,” but “Most Americans don’t get enough dietary fiber, vitamin […]

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the rustler, barbecue mock duck pizza

Do you ever feel like a pizza menu is a serious test of your relationship? It could be a date or you could be married, it could even be with friends. “So…. what kind of pizza do you want?” An innocuous question, perhaps, but there is definitely a wrong answer sometimes. Reconciling disparate pizza hankerings […]

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summer squash and goat cheese pasta

It’s almost that time of summer when the question on everyone’s lips becomes, “What can I do with all this zucchini?” One episode of A Prairie Home Companion (dork alert!) called it the time of year when people have to lock their car doors for fear of coming out of the store to find a […]

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a day at the san diego county fair, part 2

In part 1 of our county fair visit I covered fair food and the garden exhibit. I hope you’re ready for the livestock edition! Who knew I liked taking pictures of chickens so much? Being from the urban part of a nice Midwestern state, both my husband and I are used to an ample selection […]

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aussie bites

Am I the only person left without a Costco membership? Some days I feel that way. A friend and I went for a walk on the beach a few weeks ago and since the weather forecast said “75 and sunny” but meant “62 and cloudy” we decided to pop into a cafe for a cup […]

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a day at the san diego county fair, part 1

One of our goals since moving to California is to be good tourists and take advantage of unique local opportunities. Another goal is to wear sunscreen on these adventures. Sigh. We’re getting better at both. Some other local adventuring posts which make me realize how few I’ve posted: The Birch Aquarium First trip of many […]

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