Sometimes I think of my refrigerator as a chilled composting machine. I buy bushels of baby arugula and wild dandelion greens, age them until they are no longer edible, and then compost them in the bins outside. Maybe I’m just doing my part to subsidize small farmers. Grilling veggies is a great way to get […]

I found this in my post drafts list today. I’m notorious for starting blog posts and not ever publishing them. I think there are about 35 currently in draft status. This one, though, made me giggle, because it’s from years ago when my son was about five. Now my daughter is five and is cracking […]

I live in a house of spice wimps. Every now and then I need some heat, something other than a one star rating. I need my tongue to tingle and mouth to be on fire for a moment or two before it dissipates. The other day, while grocery shopping at Central Market, a place I […]

That was a little longer break on the blog than I’d expected. I had a lot of expectations of things being done in the last month, but things in reality move much more slowly than the pretty pictures in my head. Even so, life is going swimmingly at our *New and Improved* Smokin’ Pete’s BBQ. […]

I love chocolate as much as the next gal, probably more, but holidays like V-day really bring on the sugar to the point it gets a little gross. The last thing I want to feel is bloated on one of the guaranteed days of nookie, am I right ladies? Here is a romantic salad that […]