Roasting red peppers for a creamy spice bazaar-inspired soup

Spicy, bright, and good enough to eat every day! At least, that’s according to my husband, who likes this soup so much he’s taken it to work with him each day this week. Carrots were on sale and the snow had finally hit the mountains after several sunny weeks – soup seemed appropriate.  But what [...]

Beets are beautiful – raw or roasted!

The bunch of big, beautiful, brilliant beets was tossed casually onto the table.   Disregarded.   Late afternoon sunlight warmed the leaves, leaving them languid. Raw beets? Yeah! Beets are one of the most amazing additions to juice.  If you have a juicer, add this to your recipes.  If you have a blender, like I [...]

Snow White’s Poison Apple and Other Fairy Tale Foods

Have you fallen spell to modern fairy and folk tale retellings that have made their way to TV and the movies? Then this post is for you. Poisoned apples, tricky cabbage, and magic pumpkins each make an appearance.

A Weekend’s Worth of Canning Farmer’s Market Finds

Photos of a weekend’s worth of canning and pickling farmer’s market finds -from rosy pink radishes and purple cabbage to bitter rhubarb and sweet cherries.

Celebrating Simple Meals That Delight

I finished Nicole Mones’ The Last Chinese Chef last week. Two ideas, in particular, from the book struck me. The first, the idea of simplicity – how simple food nurtures and comforts us. The second, is the relationship that food creates between cook and eater, and how that relationship can delight both. To celebrate these ideas, I’ve prepared a simple meal of delicious ingredients that I hope will delight you and those who eat with you. Enjoy.