When I was a kid my mom and I would take walks up to the woods during the summer. If we were lucky enough, we could snatch a few juneberries ripe on the shrub. My mom always had plans for them – crisps, sauces, jams – but my mission was to eat them all before [...]

I missed out on the Eat Local for Thanksgiving campaign. Merely a participant in the eating festivities, I refrained from being too involved in dictating the meal’s ingredients. For Easter, I was called in to be the back-up family cook as my husband’s grandma had recently undergone knee replacement surgery. Thrilled to help, I also [...]

I had a craving for cornbread and blueberries. I had half a print of Hayton Farms blueberries left to consume, milk from Twin Brook Creamery, Wilcox eggs from the bulk section at Metropolitan Market, and four petite ramekins begging to be filled with something scrumptious.
Charlie had already finished getting ready for the day by the [...]

A few months ago, I received a frantic email from a friend with the message, “Help! Teach me how to cook lamb.” I started this food blog and now I was seen as the “expert.” The only problem – I had never cooked lamb before. Despite the fact that my grandpa raised sheep, I had [...]