Just a month in and 2015 is off to a rollicking good start.  We rang in the new year with family-reunion-a-polooza! It was pretty awesome...

We have an overabundance of fresh eggs right now.  That is kind of the nature of chicken keeping I'm learning.  All winter long--no e...

Some things about summertime are just perfect.  Fresh fruit, for one.  And Sadie's new favorite dessert is just another perfect excuse ...

As queen of the kitchen, I have decreed that here-to-fore Thursdays will be soup days in our house.  Anyone who doesn't like it is welco...

I love me some subsistence foods, but I won't lie, duck is not my fave.  That being said, my fella sure does like the waterfowl huntin...

It's summer--or close enough, and here in the greatland that means that it's time to use up the old fish in the freezer to make r...

They say you should eat a rainbow in fruits and vegetables everyday.  Sometimes that is hard for us to do on Wednesdays because we are usual...

  Back in my traveling days, Pain au Chocolat was one my favorite indulgences from the tiny bakery cafes in Europe.  To sit and enjoy th...

   Crust: blend in food processor or blender 2 cups of flour 1 cup cold butter cut up 1tsp salt slowly add until crust just comes together 1...

  1 banana + 1 cup frozen tundra blueberries+ 1 cup plain yogurt + 3 cups kale= 1 happy smoothie drinkin' tot.

Do you see what I see?  That would be the Bering Sea... starting to freeze.   Well, there's no crying about it this year.  All those fro...

In spite of little miss "Say-sie"  (guess who says her own name now?) and I pouring over the fanciest of cooking magazines, I am t...

Today Loren and I planned on having a few folks over for dinner, but our guest list kept dwindling down, so that eventually it included onl...

...Make Summer Melon and Radish Salsa The poor cantaloupe is a hard sell these days, what with all the bad press its getting.  Can I just sa...

I have long been an admirer of these beautiful braided loaves in bakeries and cookbooks, so I thought I would give this recipe a try. Whil...

Meet the "Scookie" Last night I was trying to multitask by getting Sadie to fall asleep in the Ergo whilst simultaneously whippin...

Multi-Seed/Grain Cracker Recipe: In the spirit of getting into better shape in 2011 we are trying to cut out empty carbohydrates around he...

I made this for Loren's birthday, and it is really delish, so I thought I would post the recipe here. This cake calls for hard apple cid...

I would consider myself a decent bread baker... after countless lessons from my mom, and the Tassajara Bread Book (AWESOME cookbook by the w...