Misfit Market is the best thing since sliced bread. This brilliant concept is run by socially committed, caring humans. We're lucky to have them. Their mission pretty much sums them up: "We have a two-pronged mission here at Misfits Market: to provide affordable access to healthy food and to ...
Kitchen Chronicles
Making Cavatelli Pasta with a Friend
I usually wait a few days after a cooking date before writing my blog, but I had such fun today that I can't contain myself! In fact I could hardly wait until I got home to start writing about my cooking date with Lou. Now you know I currently don't have a kitchen, which makes me seem like a beggar ...
How to Fold a Towel (While baking biscotti)
You never know what you will learn in a given day, especially while cooking with a friend. I always tell my students that a home cook at any level can learn something new each and every time they cook with someone else. Whether it's a blueberry cake recipe handed down from a friend's great grandma, ...
Absolute Best Zucchini Bread
Yum. . . nothing beats a good, moist zucchini bread with hints of cinnamon and a crumble topping. My recipe has a few secret ingredients which make healthier and just the right taste. The moisture component is pretty on point too! I love quick breakfast breads, ones that can be whipped up even on a ...
Farm Fresh Friday– Just “Beet” it –
For some reason, beets get a bad rap, especially with the younger generation. Like some of the other veggies in our lives, we've had some quite awful beets which might explain their unpopularity. Overcooked or canned, these quite messy root veggies can quite honestly taste pretty bad and the red ...
Craving Everything Corn
From the time I take my last bite of summer fresh corn, I crave the taste all year long. It may only take another nine months until I get to savor the sugary sweet flavors again, but a bit of delayed gratification only enhances my enjoyment as I pull back the husk and take my first crisp bite of ...
From the Farmers’ Market – Shop by Color
Every week there are new colors! Last week, the yellow and purple cauliflower caught my eye. Though tired of cauliflower, my family devoured a head of roasted yellow florets. Open your eyes and shake things up this week: shop by color! Take your little ones by the hand, head to the market and ...
Instant Pot — Instant Gratification
Happy new year to all of you! I'm thrilled to have received an Instant Pot for Christmas (thanks mom and dad!). Yes, I know what you're thinking. Where has Alison been? Yeah, I know. . . it's been around a while already but sometimes I'm late in trying a new gadget or appliance. I sit back and ...
Food Prepping and Meal Planning
Back to school. Back to craziness. With this sweltering heat, the last thing you might want to do is cook, but as I crave some crisp fall days, I can at least write about how to make that task easier and of course enjoyable. We all have our shortcuts in the kitchen. Maybe it's using some prepared ...
Lemon Chips from Nuts.com
I'm a chip fiend -- cinnamon, chocolate, butterscotch, white chocolate, peanut butter chocolate, jammy bits -- you name it. So when I found out from one of my students who works at Nuts.com that lemon chips existed, I have to say I was beyond excited. I know, it's amazing that a chip can have such a ...