I must be doing something right, because I got the best mail today. After a long, full day at the farmers’ market, I went by the post office to mail something and was surprised to find two packages awaiting me. When I opened them, this is what I found: The first package held some hand-sewnContinue reading “What the postman delivered”
Category Archives: Recipes
easy summer dessert: brown butter peaches w/ chevre
Introducing our beloved sisterwife Melinda, writer of this blog entry and creator of the world’s loveliest desserts. We love it when she comes home to surround us with her love and sweetness. i am a winter girl. everyone who knows me well knows that i’d rather live in january than june, and i’d rather wearContinue reading “easy summer dessert: brown butter peaches w/ chevre”
Cucumber, tomato & basil salad for when quitting is not an option
I have a lot of silverware, way more than a single girl needs. So, when I get down to using a plastic fork, things have gotten bad. I admit it: I would really like a hot bath and take-out tonight. Instead, I will throw together some food eventually clean my kitchen and blog. Such isContinue reading “Cucumber, tomato & basil salad for when quitting is not an option”
How to make raw zucchini pasta
To me, zucchini defines summertime. Growing up in my parent’s garden in Chico (where squash could grow into baseball bats in a weekend) there was always more zucchini than we knew what to do with. Thus, I have a really hard time paying for zucchini – but here in the fogbelt, a girl has toContinue reading “How to make raw zucchini pasta”
Candy Cap Mushroom Ice Cream Recipe
I love my mom for many reasons. But, I especially love it when she comes to visit and I wake up to a yummy local breakfast, and a clean stove. Apparently I do did not inherit the gene that motivates you to wipe down the stove after every meal (or the one that makes youContinue reading “Candy Cap Mushroom Ice Cream Recipe”
How to cook beans (not from a can)
People often ask us what has been the hardest thing about eating locally. Most of what we do is not inherently difficult; the biggest challenge is rearranging one’s life around cooking whole foods for every single meal, every day. This requires a complete lifestyle overhaul. We must always think ahead and I rarely leave theContinue reading “How to cook beans (not from a can)”
Rhapsody in Yogurt
I’m lucky for many reasons- I’m lucky to be surrounded by beautiful friends, I’m lucky to have such vibrant soil, (I run a wildly successful worm brothel and nightclub) I’m lucky to have the best partner imaginable, the best sisterwife, the best kid, the sweetest Bucket dog. I’m so blessed. And the foundation of allContinue reading “Rhapsody in Yogurt”
How to make real yogurt
In the natural division of labor in our domestic pact, I make the yogurt and Gowan makes the cheese. It’s largely based on equipment: I have a gas oven, and she has a dehydrator. But, I like my job a lot. It might have something to do with a genetic predisposition to yogurt (I amContinue reading “How to make real yogurt”
The Magic of Milk
I don’t think I have opened the fridge and poured myself a glass of milk since I lived in my parents’ house. And even then, I do not remember this as a familiar action. I never loved the taste of store-bought milk, nor craved it. I found it thin & tasteless and didn’t believe itContinue reading “The Magic of Milk”
Eat Mendocino 