Returning food to the sacred
The second I start seeing watermelons out in farmer’s markets and grocery stores, I get all gleeful and mouth watery. I think it’s one of my favorite fruits and in fact one, I do a few different things with. This salad/snack dish above is one of those things. It’s so easy and it’s great for […]
Green beans have been in season here for a few months now. Admittedly, they aren’t my favorite, but because we get them through our CSA I decided to play with them a bit to see how to pep them up a bit. What I’ve discovered is that for most of my life, the times that […]
Last July, while Jon and I were in Maui still looking for a place to move to, I got a call from my dear friend and now business partner, Anni Daulter. She was in the middle of writing two books, while another one fell in her lap and would I like to be the photographer […]
Living on Maui is fruit heaven. Now that we are receiving a weekly CSA box, I find myself having to come up with more and more amazing things to make to use up all the bounty. Today is the first of what will likely be hundreds of smoothies to come. Enjoy! Star Fruit Smoothie 1/2 […]
Last Saturday, Jon and I took a long drive around the north east end of the island. There is a gorgeous retreat center just past Hana, and I was on a scouting mission for a possible retreat I’ll be hosting next Fall. It was the perfect excuse to grab our cameras and just take a […]
I’ve been pretty scarce from this little blog of mine. I’ve missed the rhythm of planning meals, photographing them and posting them here. I must say, however, that my life has still been completely immersed in food, which I’m grateful for. The last few weeks have been totally dominated by getting this book completely photographed […]
A couple of days ago, one of our neighbors, Jill, stopped by and gave me a huge bag filled with freshly picked limes. The following day, Jon came upstairs with 5 fresh Guavas he had picked from the tree at the entrance of our property. My kitchen counter looked like some glorious pre Thanksgiving bounty, […]
I have been so into tomatoes lately. This is odd though, because I really don’t tend to be a tomato girl. It’s a food I have had to teach myself to really eat, and still to this day, I don’t like whole slices of tomatoes by themselves. Roasted tomatoes though… now that’s a different story! […]
Living with the love of your life isn’t always rose pedals and romps through the meadow. I know hard to believe yes? Its true. Days like this I often get up and would much rather rasp out in a grouchy voice, ‘Get your own food.’ But I didn’t. Instead, I stepped into that sanctum that […]
