Posts from ‘December, 2010’

I don’t know what to call my Dark Days Challenge meal #4. I had a bunch of disparate items in my refrigerator with no foraging trips to find something to tie them all together. Saturday was Christmas and the Farmers Market was closed. So I made this: My nameless dish was constituted and sourced as [...]

I got my Christmas tree at Maple Row Tree Farm again this year. I got really good mileage out of last year’s tree (I wrote that it was a Fraser Fir but might have been a Douglas Fir. As is my custom, I decorated it with my favorite elves and enjoyed it for the holidays. [...]

Merry Christmas everyone! Although not local, Christmas is a big food day for my family. Our food traditions go back to the “old country,” and it’s my sister’s holiday, not mine. We begin with an antipasto of Italian cold cuts and cheeses, fresh cut vegetables and dip, a variety of olives, roasted peppers, artichoke hearts, [...]

Meal #2 for the Dark Days Challenge (hosted by Laura at (Not so) Urban Hennery) is roasted pork chops with pan fried delicata squash and pea tendrils. I seared the chops in a cast iron skillet, then transferred them to 325-degree oven for about 30 minutes. Sources: pork chops from Rowland Farm via Best Butcher [...]

I can’t believe it’s already time for the Dark Days Challenge and I can’t believe it’s already the 4th! Thanks Laura at (Not so) Urban Hennery for hosting this again. My first post of the challenge is an easy quiche, based on this recipe, designed for minimal kitchen prep time. I slowed the recipe down [...]

What’s wrong with our food system? I couldn’t say it better than this young guy: H/T Connectivore. I cannot wait to share this with my niece and nephew. In fact, I want to share it with everyone.