Category: Food

Happy August 1st! August represents the start of “feast month” for us, a month we celebrate a birthday exactly every 7 days for a month straight: starting with Oliver, then Emil, then Andrew, and finally Milo. So I wanted to kick off the month with a feast month recipe! This dessert (or breakfast, if you’re … Continue reading “Yummy Stuff: Raspberry Peach Cobbler”

With summer comes a new way of eating. I certainly spend less time in the kitchen with the oven or stove on, and the bounty of garden and farmer’s markets makes it possible to eat fresh (and cold!) foods as much as possible. Of course, we’ve been grilling out a lot (mostly fish, but when … Continue reading “How We’ve Been Eating”

I wish I had thought of this recipe. But even though it is nowhere near my own to claim, I had to share it with you, in case you missed it on A Cup of Jo‘s blog. We served a version of this (I added 2 more anchovies and used 1 1/2 lemons instead of … Continue reading “Yummy Stuff: Kale Caesar Salad with Grilled Chicken”

He brews his own beer. He makes delicious apple-carrot-ginger juice for the boys every morning. And he makes his own pizza… homemade crust, hand-tossed, cooked to a smoky perfection on a pizza stone in his grill. I think I married the right guy.  P.s.- The tomato mozzarella basil-from-our-garden version was heavenly. P.p.s.- Please excuse the … Continue reading “Homemade Pizza”

From our farm share last week, we received a wonderfully fresh young bird from a local chicken farm (here is the young man who owns the farm speaking about his birds and methods) along with some Ozark Mountain shiitake mushrooms that looked amazing. I wanted to use the ingredients together, so I decided on an … Continue reading “Yummy Stuff: One Pot Roasted Herb Chicken with Potatoes and Mushrooms”