I pseudo inherited my crock pot from my mother while foraging her basement on a Sunday trip to the suburbs. This 1975 Sears ”Crock Watcher” is older than me, but undoubtedly in better condition. If the 70′s got anything right, it’s the slow cooker. The idea that I can stick something in there at 6am before … Continue reading »
We’re on the heels of my favorite season. The mornings now have a bite in the air, fashion scarves and sweaters are becoming imperative, and everything around me is turning into orange-y and amber hues. Though I’m a California girl at heart, I’ve lived in the Midwest for almost 25 years. The one thing about … Continue reading »
I spent a lot of my Labor Day in the kitchen with lots and lots of tomatoes. I bought 10 pound from my local farmers market and though my intended sauce turned out like juice (this is the topic of another post, perhaps), I thought that it would be fun to start a tiny little … Continue reading »
Tomatoes are so delicious. I can eat them whole. Like apples. For about two days. When the tomatoes started arriving in my CSA box, I jumped for joy and literally squealed. It’s a BIG deal for seasonal eaters when the tomatoes are ready. I think I ate one with every meal for the first couple … Continue reading »
I’ll tell you what happened. I couldn’t keep up. and then I went on vacation. and then, I thought, those posts just didn’t seem that interesting to me anyway. So I ditched the weekly updates on what arrived in my box of deliciousness and opted to spend the time eating said deliciousness instead. What has … Continue reading »
There’s a small possibility I might not go back to Chicago after all. While you’ve been having 100+ degree heat and torrential downpours all week, I’ve been hanging out in the South Bay, just about 35 minutes(ish) outside of San Francisco. Aside from being able to wear a three-quarter length shirt, fashion scarf, and no … Continue reading »
Want the truth? It is dangerously easy to fall in love with this city… I had the teensiest of legs up coming to San Francisco for the Dance/USA conference in that I was born in the area and had family I could stay with. Because we’d often come back to visit, I’ve seen the major … Continue reading »
