Amish friendship bread popped up (so to speak) in a novel I read last week, reminding me of my own horrifying experience with it many years ago. I’d just moved to Cleveland to teach high school and found a church I liked. One of the women there gifted me with the makings of Amish friendship bread. (more…)
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Breaking free!
Posted: June 11, 2013 in Food, Humor, Memories, PersonalTags: Amish friendship bread, breaking free, food, friends, humor, just say no, memories, personal, tryanny
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Lettuce alone
Posted: June 9, 2013 in Food, Health, PhotosTags: beauty, farmers market, food, health, lettuce, photos, produce, strawberries
Today at the farmer’s market, I bought the largest head of romaine lettuce I’ve ever seen for a mere $3. While it’s true that romaine is both delicious and nutritious, lettuce look at its beauty.
Succulent Saturday
Posted: June 8, 2013 in Food, PhotosTags: baking, food, pain au chocolat, pastry, Trader Joe's
A divine marriage, that of a croissant and chocolate; their child, the delicious pain au chocolat.
Easy to enjoy if you live near a great bakery or in France.
However, there’s a more-than-just-good alternative if you have a Trader Joe’s near you.
If so, with a bit of pre-planning, you can make your own pain au chocolat to go with tea, coffee, hot chocolate or the tipple of your choice.
To market, to market
Posted: April 7, 2013 in Food, Miscellaneous, PhotosTags: buying local, farmers market, flowers, food, miscellaneous, North Union Farmers Market, photos, shopping, spring
To market, to market to buy a fat pig
Home again, home again, jiggety jig
It’s finally here! I open my eyes, half wishing I could lie in bed longer but it’s the day the farmer’s market moves outdoors, the day the opening time moves from 9 am to 8 am, and the thrill of what might be there rolls me out and gets me moving. There really isn’t any reason to rush; most vendors will still have plenty produce or product if I arrive at 8:45 instead of 7:45. But there’s something
wonderful about being there early (besides being able to find a parking place), so I bundle up against the still-winter-in-the-morning
air and arrive to the harbingers of spring. Walk with me! Enjoy!
You can’t buy a fat pig, unless you buy it in pieces, but you’ll have a good time. And if you get cold, we’ll stop for coffee and tea.
Family, food and fun in Philly
Posted: March 30, 2013 in Family, Food, Nature, Personal, Photos, TravelTags: architecture, flowers, healthy food, Nature, personal, Philadelphia, photos, travel, trees
The rest of the week
Posted: March 18, 2013 in Family, Food, Friends, Health, MusingsTags: day of rest, day off, family, focaccia, food, friends, Genesis 2:2, gluten-free recipe, God, health, musings, recipe, resting, Sunday, take a break
By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. Genesis 2:2
Wait! If you don’t believe in God, don’t run off. This is about resting, not about faith. If God rested (which we all know He didn’t really need to do, except as an example), surely we mere humans can use a rest as well. But do we get one? (more…)
You say it’s your birthday.
Posted: March 4, 2013 in Family, Food, Gifts, Personal, RecipesTags: Anti-Hero IPA, beer, beer in Chicago, Binny's, birthday, Bobby Flay, Bobby Flay's salmon recipe, chocolate frogs, falafel, family, farro, food, gifts, hummus, Mediterranean food, Naf Naf, personal, pita, recipe, The Beatles, You say it's your birthday
You say it’s your birthday
Well it’s my birthday too–yeah
You say it’s your birthday
We’re gonna have a good time
I’m glad it’s your birthday
Happy birthday to you.
–The Beatles
Friday was Bill’s birthday (and mine is coming up mid-month, making the song almost true), so we took time out of the day to have lunch together at Naf Naf,
http://www.nafnafgrill.com/
, a Mediterranean restaurant with the perfect mix of delicious food and fast service. Even with many people getting take-out, it can be difficult to find a table, but we managed. (more…)
Funky food fotos
Posted: February 12, 2013 in Art, Food, PhotosTags: art, food, funky food, grocery store, photos, photos of food, produce
Spotted in the produce department…
This, that and another thing
Posted: February 9, 2013 in Food, Miscellaneous, Nature, PhotosTags: child-proof lids, eating out, flowers, food, miscellaneous, Nature, photos, spring, things that are frustrating
First, this. Who seals a bottle of syrup (or a jar of peanut butter or…) and doesn’t have a little tag on the side which you can grab to pull the seal off? Have you ever tried to do this without a tab? Your fingers feel the size of sausages and twice as clumsy. You end up having to cut it with a knife and then attempt to pull it off in pieces. Usually some adheres tenaciously to the side, meaning the circular rim isn’t exactly circular, making pouring harder. Reminds me in an insidious way of child-proof caps which can, naturally, only be opened by children.
A little cheesey, but grin and beer it.
Posted: January 29, 2013 in Family, Food, PersonalTags: Avery Brewing Company, beer, cheese, cheese plate, Chef Amaury, Chef Amaury's 33 West, Chef Amaury's Epicurean Affiar, date night, family, food, Left Hand Brewing Company, local foods, personal, restaurants in Aurora Illinois
Saturday night, back home from my friend-and-food foray to Champaign/Urbana, Bill and I were headed to one of our favorite restaurants in the Naperville area, Chef Amaury’s 33 West, AKA Chef Amaury’s Epicurean Affair, located in Aurora, Illinois. It was a beer-and-snack night, but if you want to see what the fabulous, often locally-sourced, menu looks like, take a quick peek at my post about our anniversary dinner there last September:
http://sustainabilitea.wordpress.com/2012/09/16/a-chefs-tasting-menu/
. Just don’t do it while you’re hungry!
I decided to dress up a bit and put on my boots that aren’t really made for walking, at least not too far, but that Bill loves:
