For the past year, we have been dining with friends every Friday night. Alternating hosting with being guests, we compete not with each other but for the great dining experiences enjoyed together. Highlights have included a low country crawfish boil, the $5 Julia Child dinner, 18-hour braised pork, and the kid favorite, chicken and...
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Remember last week when I picked strawberries and toured Bird’s Farm? The bok choy and tatsoi in the high tunnel were too beautiful for me to resist. Rich in Vitamin A and C, these greens are tasty ways to supplement your diet. They are mild in flavor, sweeter than kale or mustard greens, and...
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Mint is a weed by any definition. Many gardeners even consider it invasive – the stuff will fill a space and beyond. Our patch resides in a bed alongside the house bordered by the sidewalk. For the most part, this contains the spread and last year oregano actually overtook some of the mint zone....
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One dark and stormy night, tragedy struck the Hound household. Sweet Lil wanted to make tuna salad but there was no mayonnaise in the house. “Help!”, the selective eater cried out, unable to eat plain tuna or the delicious meal her parents cooked. Super Mom heard her cries and rushed to the rescue! With...
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I’m not sure I ever watched the Kentucky Derby as a child. I certainly have no memories of it. The horse race came into my life through Alex’s grandmother. She wasn’t a huge racing fan but she always watched the Derby. Towards the end of her life, when she was living in Columbus near...
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It’s rhubarb season in central Ohio! I like rhubarb in jam, strawberry rhubarb pie, and my grandmother’s rhubarb crunch. But my favorite way to enjoy this slightly sweet, floral, first “fruit” of spring is in a vodka infusion. You might think I’m a lush but hear me out. Rhubarb is tongue-searingly sour and requires...
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…eatin’ beans and makin’ love as long as we are able.” – Carolina Chocolate Drops, video below. The above tune is a catchy one. On autoplay in my mom’s head last week, she wanted to build a meal around it. Is it obvious now where I get my propensity to create odd theme dinners?...
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This whole house-selling business is exhausting. I get up early to work on house projects and stay up late wondering how we will manage showings and what house we will buy. Like the addict I am, I’m making coffee a lot more regularly now. As recently as six months ago, I was grinding beans...
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Do you know about the US Farmers and Ranchers Alliance (USFRA)? It is a newly created umbrella organization of state farm bureaus and grower’s councils. Their mission is to “lead the dialogue and answer Americans’ questions about how we raise our food”. Their new website Food Dialogues is designed to help facilitate conversations about...
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After the eggs are dyed and the baskets filled, many families are left with dozens of boiled eggs. Hard-boiled eggs are full of protein, vitamins, and minerals. Mixing boiled eggs into egg salad, slicing into potato salad, or eating whole for breakfast is fine but with an abundance, maybe you want to try something...
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