I’ve made pies before and I’ve made galettes. While making tart cherry jar pies recently, I was left with more pie filling and crust than I had clean, sterilized jars. I had the choice of either sterilizing more jars, letting them cool then making more jar pies or I could try to figure out another…
Tag: summer
Life’s A Bowl of Cherries
…or more appropriately in this case, it’s two 10-lb buckets of them. I’ve been away from the blog for a while for a myriad of reasons, but mostly our new business venture and the wonderful distraction of travel. More on travel in a future post (or several). We’ve officially purchased the dental practice where my…
Salsa Two Ways
How would you describe the perfect summer day? What would you do? Where would you go? Who would be there? I was lucky enough to have a day like this a couple weekends ago–filled with love, family, sunshine, low humidity, good music, local foods and it ended with a visit to a food truck roundup….
Millions of Peaches
Yeah, you probably have that song in your head now. You’re welcome! My dear cousin, Natalie, let me know about a farm who sends a truck of peaches up from FL. I’m usually a pretty locally-focused guy, but she swore these were the best peaches I’d ever eat so I took her at her word….
Jandy’s Garlic Festival
This post is part of my Local Foods Week series. Local Foods Week is an 9-day celebration of the fantastic experience that is locally-focused eating in Columbus, Ohio. A couple weekends ago, Chad and I took a trip to the Bellefontaine area to tour the Piatt Castles. While we were there, we stopped by the…
Stuffed Poblanos with Goat Cheese Sauce
As part of the celebration of Local Foods Week, I’d like to share a recipe that quickly became a favorite in our household. Last weekend, we bought poblanos at the Olde Worthington Farmers’ Market. After falling in love with chile rellenos on vacation out West this summer I’d been wondering if I could make something just…
Summer Patio Dinner: Sweet Corn Salad w/ Venison Burgers
Burgers and sweet corn–what says summer more than those two? We had the great fortune of sharing a dinner on the patio with two great friends, Chuck & Tara, who happen to be outstanding home cooks. Tara’s dad procured some venison with his superb hunting skills and local farmers provided most of the produce…
Live, Love & Sustain 