Roasted baby carrots and their feathery greens, Moroccan flavors, bulgur. “GONE CATERING – BE BACK SOON!”
Roasted baby carrots and their feathery greens, Moroccan flavors, bulgur. “GONE CATERING – BE BACK SOON!”
Summertime and the livin’ is easy…. Pan-seared pork chop with a lemon-marjoram vinaigrette served over hash of baby chard, tiny new potatoes and my own home cured tesa – damn, this was good. Pork chop and belly for the *tesa are from Tea Hills Farm; vegetables from Chef’s Garden.
Green and purple snow peas enjoying a cool water rinse. Earlier this week, Farmer Lee Jones of Chef’s Garden, sent me a box the size of a MINI Cooper packed with their glorious produce. I have never met Farmer Jones, nor have I ever made it out to Huron, Ohio to visit the gardens that [...]
It is a rare set of circumstances that can evoke the feeling of jealousy from my bones. The exception extends to those of you who still have dear mothers alive and well, but that just might be a case of deep longing and nothing more. Truly, jealousy is an emotion that’s never served me well [...]
It’s crazy wonderful how much my life has been enhanced by the people I have met through the blogging community, both near and far. Michelle Venorsky, from the popular Cleveland Foodie blog is a glowing local example. Smart, curious, honest and wildly passionate about food and cooking – we were destined to one day meet. [...]
Snowville Creamery whipping cream This is one of those days in the life of a freelancer where I could sure use a deadline. I need to: Unpack the suitcase which is still sitting open and messy since returning from Nashville last Sunday. My gorgeous and gracious friend Claudia of cook eat FRET asked me to [...]
Semolina dough crust with chili, garlic and rapini and percorino Toscano The sun came streaming in through the patio this morning which brought to attention to the fine powdery layer of flour haze that has settled on everything including the screen on my laptop. My little workhorse of a kitchen has been functioning primarily as [...]
The REAL working title of this post should be: Heidi’s Tied-For-Second-Place-Which-Very-Well-Might-Have-Been-First-Place-Had-It-Not-Been-For-Gross-Acts-Of-Nepotism-Which-After-Two-Days-Got-Even-Tastier-The-Chili-Not-The-Nepotism-And-Became-Beth-And-Jim’s-Hallelujah!-Engagement Chili. Why engagement chili? Because my friend Beth loves chili almost as much as she loves Jim and missed the cook off because she was very busy getting engaged so I gifted her with my leftovers. I’m really, really sorry for this, and please [...]