It’s no secret that I cook quite a bit. I’m also pretty keen on not wasting things–probably comes from growing up in a not-so-wealthy home & learning to do most things from scratch. Specifically in the kitchen, I like to save where I can. Here are some things I do to keep waste to a…
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Socca
This is a recipe I discovered a little over a year ago through Twitter–and it’s made an appearance multiple times in my kitchen since then. There aren’t many recipes that are so simple, contain so few ingredients yet pack as much flavor and satisfaction as this. The recipe was published in the NY Times and…
Variations on a Classic
So yeah, we made lots of jam this weekend. 21 lbs of strawberries yielded twice that number of pint jars–in addition to several other strawberry items. More on that later… What the heck would a person do with 42 jars of jam, you ask? Well, we’re still working that one out, but my impulsiveness…
Poisson en Papillote
One of my favorite things to do is entertain, filling the seats around our table with good friends enjoying whatever anyone puts on it. Now that we have a proper table–visible in the header at the top of the page–we’ll definitely be doing more of it! So, when I wanted to try a new method…
Live, Love & Sustain 