Simple Roasted Banana Peppers {in the savory kitchen} 27 Aug 2013 | 07:20 am

sometimes my garden overproduces at the most opportune time recently guests came up to the ranch for a visit at an hour which isn't quite lunch while being too early for dinner the time of d....

browned butter berry bars {in the sweet kitchen} 16 Aug 2013 | 04:21 am

this weekend past we took a long drive with no real agenda except to explore as we drove north i began to obsess a cookbook was given to me about a year ago called big sur bakery while gettin...

eggplant! {in the garden} 6 Aug 2013 | 12:16 am

our garden got a bit of a late start and is just starting to throw off eggplant i've gathered some recipes that are both beautiful and delicious ratatouille (recipe here) eggplant parmesan ....

tomatoes! 25 Jul 2013 | 12:21 am

in the dog days of summer gardens overflow with tomatoes i find myself with stores of the fruit and preservation on my mind here are a few ways to preserve  the bounty to enjoy when days a.....

huckleberry ice cream 5 Jul 2013 | 09:05 pm

huckleberries are hard to come by competing with bears after a long hilly hike just ain't my thing luckily those whom are "into it" are willing to share with one little caveat my dealer is 1....

Happy 4th 4 Jul 2013 | 08:06 pm

blueberry-rhubarb margarita jam 16 Jun 2013 | 08:53 pm

weekly i drive past a blueberry farm most days wishing for the season some days mourning the end of summer the day the open sign pops up on our little stretch of highway i stop in continuing...

strawberry crumb cake 30 May 2013 | 11:54 am

strawberries are ripe, ripe, ripe in my neck of the woods every farm stand along my tuesday evening route touts the sweetest and freshest organic berries i can't resist particularly because i ma...

elementary 17 May 2013 | 06:43 am

just a quickie tonight is the season finale of a show called elementary i happen to love the show but that is not why i am writing to you i am writing to tell you that there will be some footage ...

florence--day three {travelogue} 1 May 2013 | 04:04 am

day three is usually when jet lag hits at least for me after so many years of it being a pattern it is probably now a learned response or i allow myself to succumb to it because it is something ...