Cheesy Garden Stuffed Peppers --Pimientos Rellenos "Jardin con Queso""Mmm...I Love Sour Cream"Well, today I decided to make one of Hubby J. favorites. Let me tell you what happened. Ok. Last weekend, while I was doing a marathon of domestic chores (read full article)

Jamie Oliver's Chicken - Simple Food, just the way I like it!

Jamie Oliver cooks simple food, period! I am sure at his restaurants he will dolly up the plates, 'cause that is the cheffie thing to do, but what I love about Jamie, is that he has made home cooking popular again. I dare anybody to sit and watch a J (read full article)

"It's fashionable," she said with a giggle. "And it's functional."

Aprons Shrug Off Sexism, Tie on a TrendIsn't it funny how important it is to "dress the part?" Executives know that "dressing for success" is no joke, and career coaches recommend that young business people invest in a few good wardrobe separates to (read full article)

Basil Preserved in Olive Oil

For week 2 of Preserve the Bounty, Jenny challenged us to preserve some of our summer produce in oil or another fat. I’ve put together various combinations of garden-fresh herbs, calendula (marigold) flowers, sun-dried tomatoes, and chile peppe (read full article)

Joyce DiDonato

Claire Black of the Scotsman meets American mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato in Milano (click the link for the full article): Pop stars, soap stars, Big Brother contestants – it seems that anyone can now be a diva as long as they behave badly enou (read full article)

Track Your Garden Harvest Bounty Stats

A lot is made of planning the garden and keeping track of seeds and plant placement, but what about when the stuff starts to grow? There seems to be a shortage of material dedicated to keeping track of what you’ve actually grown. We started ke (read full article)

Seizing Summer Just in Thyme

In a few short days I will be back at Bowdoin. Exciting, is it not? It'll be great to get back into classes and cooking on Sundays for brunch, possibly teaching German to some little kids, working in the Bowdoin organic garden, and a myriad of other (read full article)

Cherry Peach Cobbler

Hello!  It's been a long, long time since we've chatted. I have been somewhat preoccupied with some issues at my day job which prevented me from giving proper focus to all of you. But I'm back now. I hope you'll forgive me - I brought you a love (read full article)

Garden Fresh Tomato Sauce & Spaghetti

Ingredients:About 7 Vine Ripe Tomatoes - quartered1 bunch of fresh basil4 – 5 cloves of garlic – crushed & chopped1 Italian hot cherry pepper – sliced with seedsDashes of Dried OreganoOlive oil – for drizzlingRomano cheese for grating1 lb (read full article)

Summer's Bounty

I'm jumping on the tomato bandwagon. We are now well into our third week of tomato picking and the garden is now in overdrive with the most delicious cherry tomatoes. Every afternoon the boys diligently go out to the garden and pick all the red tom (read full article)

Late Posting Today !

My beautiful Maxie (taken on a walk around the garden this afternoon) turns 2 next month ....Regular readers will know that I usually post around 11 am Tanzanian time each morning ..... well it's around 11 pm now, so I'm only 12 hours late today ;) A (read full article)

Soup; another way of preserving the harvest!

Yes, I know that half the world is still enjoying summer - but it's the end of summer and soup is a wonderful way of preserving all those beautiful summer and fall vegetables. I also know that the other half of the world is still enjoying (?) winter (read full article)

Seoul Garden again….

I was having madness cravings for Seoul Garden… anything soupy!! that sounds great to me….. here goes…. Ttuk Bulgogi Marinated Sizzling Beef…. RM17.00 Jjambongbab Spicy Soup made of various combination (read full article)

When Did I Get This Old?!

Good morning, good morning! It couldn’t possibly be any more perfect outside than it is right now. Sunny, cool & breezy. These are the days that make me want to be a camp counselor for a living, or something, so I can be outside all day! I (read full article)

Mozzarella, Tomato, Basil Tart

As one of my fridge clean out “Must Use” ingredients, I had a ball of fresh mozzarella pearls.  I wasn’t really in the mood for caprese salad, which was actually what I’d bought it for before it got lost in the bowels of the (read full article)

Saturday Stories: What Do We Do in the Summertime?

It's summertime and times as tough.  You have five children, four of them girls between the ages of say, 13 and 6.  All of them are bored.  Oh, they work hard and do their chores, but there is only so much that needs to be done.   (read full article)

Hot Bytes for 2010-08-14

Sir, You Have a Pea Plant in Your Lungs: http://bit.ly/cZOSsr. # Iowa Chef Fined for Licking Toads. Now that's just gross! (Although, there WAS this girl in college…) http://bit.ly/a3LwP6 # Down The Hatch! – The Chiles are ComingR (read full article)

Today's lunch

This morning I cooked for a client who had a "no salt" dietary restriction.  One of the entrees I made was a chickpea and quinoa pilaf with sauteed baby bok choy and shiitake mushroom.  It was tough restraining myself from adding tamari to (read full article)

The One in Which I Realize I Know Nothing about Beer

DH recently won tickets to tour Founders Brewing in Grand Rapids, Michigan. In spite of the owner being rather tight lipped about many of their trade secrets, we had a super good time! It was a beautiful summer day. Look at those hops growing on the (read full article)

zucchini cheddar cheese muffins

I'm not done with summer squash yet. I don't care what the calendar says. I will not let this season come to a halt. I have a secret to keep it going all year-long, and it's sitting in my freezer. Tucked away in a zip-top bag are tiny strands of shre (read full article)