Oh my. Where in the heck have I been? Yikes. Well, I’m back. Again.
Waaaay back at the end of June, I was graciously invited along with a group of San Diego food/gardening enthusiasts to visit Rancho La Puerta in Tetate, Mexico. It was a true getaway, the kind of one-day trip that feels like a [...]
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Rancho La Puerta
Posted in Uncategorized on September 10, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Bounty
Posted in Uncategorized on July 14, 2009 | 4 Comments »
The first big harvest at our new house (how long can I keep saying that it’s our new house? A year? Good, I’ve still got time) happened the other day. We’ve of course been picking here and there all along – I’ll grab a handful of cherry tomatoes on my way to work, or gather [...]
Tater Hater
Posted in Uncategorized on July 11, 2009 | 5 Comments »
The most exciting crop I planted this year is potatoes – it certainly doesn’t sound sexy or fascinating, but the taters have surprised me! Because they are hidden throughout their growth process, I had some serious doubts that anything at all was happening. Sure, plants began to sprout out of the baby reds that I [...]
Phil’s Phavorites
Posted in Uncategorized on June 25, 2009 | 5 Comments »
I turned 30 this year – that’s right, the Dirty Thirty is upon us. I’ve never been too concerned with age, with birthdays, so this wasn’t a tough one for me. It helped that my husband whisked me away to Catalina to celebrate – ahh…
I have such fond memories of summer days spent in Catalina [...]
Puttering
Posted in Uncategorized on June 16, 2009 | 6 Comments »
I have to resist the urge to be always puttering in the garden. There’s so much space left to dig up and plant, so many suckers to pinch and worms to squish! The pictures in the post below are of our first two veggie beds in the new house. They’re both packed full – brussels [...]
Things Are Happening
Posted in Uncategorized on May 22, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Words. Coming soon to a blog near you.
Easter
Posted in Uncategorized on April 16, 2009 | 2 Comments »
We had our first family Easter this year at the new house. It’s not destined to become a tradition right away, because I still love going to my mom’s house for Easter. We play croquet, have good wine and company, and feast until we go into food comas.
I had to replicate some of [...]
You Can Stuff It
Posted in Uncategorized on April 6, 2009 | 5 Comments »
I am always proud of myself when I’m able to come up with a recipe on my own, using whatever I have in the fridge. It doesn’t have to be fancy or pretty looking, but this one turned out to be both.
First, I boiled some noodles and made a “kitchen sink pasta sauce” with all [...]
Donut Fries
Posted in Uncategorized on March 27, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Yeah, this was exactly what I needed to see this morning – I was already craving sweets, and now Donut Fries have been brought into my consciousness. Thank god I can’t get them here. Oatmeal it is!
Seriously, though – how good do those look? I’m trying to stay sane with my food choices, but between [...]
Dreaming of Zombies
Posted in Uncategorized on March 23, 2009 | 9 Comments »
I have a bit of an obsession with filled dumplings – I blame the delicious cheese zombies of my youth. In the middle schools and high schools of the Bay Area, kids are raised on hot, buttery rolls filled with melted Velveeta – my mouth waters just thinking about them. Next time I’m home I’ll [...]
