By sally, on September 6th, 2010
Eggplant—such a funny name for a vegetable! For me, there is nothing eggy about it. I suppose I have seen some small white eggplants that are egg-like in shape and indeed that’s where the name came from (the first eggplants Europeans encountered in the 1700s looked like goose eggs), but certainly it did not [...]
By sally, on August 8th, 2010
We’ve got zucchini coming out of our ears! Well maybe it’s not that bad, but lately we have had a steady stream of zucchini coming in our CSA box. It started with just one or two small zucchini in the box and now we are getting five or six large ones. [...]
By sally, on July 23rd, 2010
I think Graham and I have officially become adults. In addition to the fact that I just turned 30 (eek!), we were put on the schedule to cook dinner for the whole family at Graham’s annual family reunion! No small task—believe me!
For the last 23 years, Graham’s family has maintained a [...]
By sally, on July 15th, 2010
I have dreams of one day having an herb garden. Whenever a recipe calls for fresh herbs, it would be great to walk right outside to the garden and snip a bit of basil or pluck a few leaves of mint. But as I’ve mentioned previously, Graham and I currently don’t [...]
By sally, on July 6th, 2010
Inspiration hit me last week and it was hard to ignore. This inspiration came from the farmers market and was in the form of a palm-sized pastry. This delicious savory pastry, or “empanada,” was stuffed with a fresh corn filling unlike any I had tried before. So taken was I by this empanada [...]
