Soon, soon, I'll have grown my dinner and will eat it, too.
‘TIS THE SEASON. Nope, not that season. The gardening season, when the madness of planting and weeding completely takes over. But that means the harvest season is just around the corner, and the whole point of this gardening insanity, at least for me (I can’t speak for Miss Margaret, she’s a special case) is cooking. And as you all already know, I can’t cook without my bloggy backup. Here are a baker’s dozen of my favorite sources for wisdom about making the best of a great, green thing… [click to continue…]
by paige on March 11, 2010
MY FAVORITE CITY IN THE WORLD IS PARIS. I went there for the first time when I was 13, and fell in love. I’ve visited there intermittently over the years, and every single time, I leave more charmed. I haven’t had much chance for travel much of anywhere lately, so my Francophilia has mostly been fulfilled, you guessed it, by blogs. Mostly, you’ll be shocked to learn, food blogs. Would you like to join my armchair voyages? Read on. [click to continue…]
by paige on February 4, 2010
BRRR. BLECCH. IT’S FEBRUARY. In college, this meant something called “Feb Club,” an organized party every single night of the year’s bleakest, longest-feeling month. In real life, this means a search for escape–virtual, if not real. [click to continue…]
by paige on January 11, 2010
READING MICHAEL POLLAN’S The Omnivore’s Dilemma, which argues convincingly for eating food grown and produced locally, while simultaneously trying to pare down your family’s food budget, is a frustrating (to say the least) endeavor. Such has been my lot of late. [click to continue…]
by paige on April 15, 2009
I HAVE A LITTLE problem. I love cookbooks, and cooking magazines. The piles mount; something has to give, my husband says. Do I really need all this paper in order to cook? Well, no, I don’t, I guess, but cookbooks make me feel at home, bring me solace, and inspire me. Thankfully, the sisterhood and brotherhood of passionate cooks I’ve met the last three years in the food blogosphere provide a glimmer of light at the end of this paper tunnel. Meet my most recent culinary muses: [click to continue…]
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