The June post was pretty packed so I'll start July a little early! We're already seeing zukes and cukes and more snap peas! If you're looking for good veg recipes Smitten Kitchen and Half Baked Harvest are two of my go-tos. Week 1: Burrata and Charred Snap Peas: Wow oh Wow! This recipe from Smitten... Continue Reading →
Farm Share Recipes — June
I love to see how the vegetables change with the seasons. Here is what I've been doing with some of our June produce: Week 1 Strawberry Puree: The strawberries are terrific but so ripe when we get them. Most of mine have been eaten over the sink. However, I had some that went over so... Continue Reading →
Farm Share Recipes — May
Weekly updates with recipes from an Indiana farm share! Loads of ideas on what to make.
Top 10 Beach and Pool Days
Ahhh, travel dreaming. In this age of international lockdowns and quarantines, we are all dreaming of being somewhere else. Anywhere else. So, with my travel friends posting dream trips right now (and with an April snowstorm keeping us indoors), here are my Top 10 Beach and Pool Days (in no particular order). Seabourn Odyssey off... Continue Reading →
Life Lessons in Potato Salad
This week's batch of potato salad. My mom made the best potato salad. It was one of my favorite parts of long, hot summers in rural Oklahoma. As a kid I never asked her to make it, but every couple of weeks, a new batch would appear -- small chunks of potato, sweet pickle, egg,... Continue Reading →
Luxury Cruising Tips
All-inclusive cruising at its best. My wonderful friend Becky Lukovic of Bella Travel Planning recently posted her cruise tips for terrific cruising on large-ship lines. (She's in Alaska right now!) Of course, because they're a little different, I sent her my personal cruise tips for ultra-lux lines. Ultra-lux cruises generally feature smaller ships, fewer passengers,... Continue Reading →
My 2018 Game Changers
OK, OK, I swear, this is the last round-up post from 2018. However, it's been my tradition to share a few things that were real game changers for me in the past year. No surprise they often involve food and drink, and yes, I realize I'm late to the party on many of them. Forgive... Continue Reading →
Four Days in Mexico City: A CDMX Itinerary
We spent four days in Mexico City last January and many of you have asked for our itinerary. Five of us met there for several days of food, culture, and history (and a fair number of cocktails and bottles of Champagne.) We left more undone than done, but it gave us lots of reasons to... Continue Reading →
Celebrating the Finish
Growing up in a crafty household made it hard not to adopt a project mentality myself. My mother always had a project -- cooking, flower arranging, gardening, sewing, and later embroidery. She thought it was important I pick up some skills, too. Cooking (liked it), sewing (hated it), art (terrible at it), dance (pretty good... Continue Reading →
