If I drive a couple of miles from my house, I hit fields and farmland. Another half mile and there’s a wonderful strawberry stand, just at the side of the road. Getting out of the car on a perfect spring day was idyllic. Big blue skies and wispy clouds above me, row upon row of […] Read more…
My lovely best friend Hannah gifted me some local organic lavender sugar. It is incredibly aromatic – as soon as the jar opens, you are overcome with the fresh scent of lavender. However, it has a surprisingly subtle flavor when eaten. I made soft sugar cookies, replacing some of the sugar in the dough with […] Read more…
Cait, Shawna, and Anna! Congratulations! Please check your emails. Thank you to everyone who entered. I got some great ideas for future posts. Also, after tomorrow’s Kitchen Adventure (edit: the subject will actually be lavender), you can look forward to a week of strawberry recipes. They’re in season here and we can’t get enough! Read more…
Nopales means cactus stem. They are the pads on the prickly pear cactus, the fruit of which we’ve also covered here. The pads are purple or green, flat and about the size of an adult hand. They’re fairly common in Mexico, the plant’s native country, and used in many Mexican dishes. They are most commonly […] Read more…