Heirloom Tomato Ketchup

We’re brimming with heirloom tomatoes from our farm CSA box, but somehow none of my usual uses for tomatoes have seemed appealing lately. The tomatoes this year have been so good that they mostly beg to be eaten straight – sliced with a bit of sea salt and good olive oil, or layered into a [...]

Strawberry Balsamic Jam

We ate well on our recent visit to south Florida (Key Lime Pie tasting notes and recipe coming soon!), but the trip still left us craving California food. It’s not that the food there is bad, but the food here really is fantastic. Even the burrito we shared in the airport terminal when we landed [...]

The Best Green Salsa!

I’ve finally done it! I’ve successfully reverse engineered Taqueria El Favorito’s (fresh) green salsa, the best salsa I’ve ever encountered in all my travels. Now let me tell you, I’ve eaten Mexican food in Mexico, Portugal (please don’t even ask), France (same goes for here), Italy (and here), Venezuela, Arizona, New Mexico, and in hundreds [...]

The Coconut Cocktail

My sister Rose has just informed me that my honeymoon is over, and it’s time to get back to the grindstone. It’s true, I’ve been slacking on my blogging duties lately, but I’ve had other things on my mind. Planning a wedding for 125 guests is no easy feat, but in the end it turned [...]

Lavender Shortbread and a Wedding

Well, my brother is now married and off for a week-long backpacking honeymoon. I have to admit, I felt a little lonely last night. We’ve been in constant contact for a month straight, and now that it’s all over, I miss everyone. I am attempting to rest up before Andy and I [...]