You may have noticed it has been little a little quieter around here. I may do a few posts, then you don’t hear from me for a couple of weeks. It is not that I don’t have recipes to share and things to babble about, its just that the words just won’t come out. […]
Organic Fresh San Marzano Tomato Sauce
Tomatoes are everywhere! Summer’s abundance of fresh, locally grown, heirloom and supermarket tomatoes always amazes me. I remember the days of only round cherry tomatoes and tasteless red slicing tomatoes in the market. Now, there are so many heirloom varieties being grown, making them available at farmer’s markets and conventional supermarkets. My friend Loretta is […]
Sweet Corn, Tomato and Basil Salad
This recipe was originally posted on my blog over three years ago, when my only readers were either related to me or had gone to school with me. The photography is bad, but the recipe is good! Markets are selling sweet summer corn, basil and tomatoes, so now is the perfect time to make […]
Summer Vegetable Garden Photography Series, Part 2
My little garden is doing fairly well, much to my surprise. So far I have actually managed to harvest cucumbers, seen teeny zucchini trying to grow, and have vines loaded with pretty flowers that I hope will grow into honeydew melons and water melons. I’m not sure I will actually get any zucchini, but […]
Summer Vegetable Garden Photography Series, Part 1
Actually, part 1 may be the only part of the series. We’ll see. Anyhoo, I planted a garden in my backyard, which has never had a garden in it before. One of the reasons for this is that my backyard is almost completely shaded by huge ancient oak trees, that are at least a hundred […]