Monthly Archives: May 2009

It was the party of the century, everyone danced until their feet were sore, the music was perfect, the dresses divine, it is the talk of the town..and you..weren’t..invited.  You contemplate deleting all of your friends from your facebook page … Continue reading →

One of my first cooking jobs was to prepare meals for the crew of an environmentally conscious, historically preserved, Delaware Bay oyster schooner. We did not use paper napkins, and our old chief mate (who was more of a yachtsman … Continue reading →

Beautiful weather deserves a beautiful salad. Pale pinks and greens for summer shorts and sandals walking down the avenue, a burst of yellow lemon for the unfailingly ever present sunshine, some creamy yogurt to cool the fire within and a … Continue reading →

I woke up this morning with a sense of duty. I had things to accomplish, and I was going to systematically check them all off my neatly organized mental list. I fed the cats: Charlie gets wet food Sasha and … Continue reading →

My limited experience with gardening comes from a job I took last summer on an organic farm. It has given me both an appreciation for truly fresh vegetables and a faint stench of manure in my car that I fear … Continue reading →

My grandmother only had one rule we had to abide by while visiting her home. Try two bites of everything on your plate. While we were at her house we were allowed to climb the rafters, track mud wherever we … Continue reading →

A cool breeze flew in through the tall windows of our city apartment this morning and slapped me in the face. Like cartoon steam the wind formed itself into fingers and tugged me by the nose into the kitchen. I … Continue reading →

Egg salads remind me of summer days spent sitting on patios feeling my skin brown and my hair bleach copper while developing square imprints on the backs of my sweaty little legs from the warm metal patio furniture. Put this … Continue reading →

Some friends came over for dinner tonight, so I made a salad in their honor. I asked them what their favorite vegetables are, to which they responded “tomatoes, avacado, cucumber and carrots”.. All of which come from California at this … Continue reading →

My favorite reason to shop at natural foods stores is this: You are out at a grocery store. You find a product you really like..say..oh, I don’t know…a salad dressing. You bring it home and your family really likes it … Continue reading →