Returning food to the sacred
For me, Bob’s Red Mill Gluten Free Pizza Crust Mix is the best thing since sliced bread! Pizza was one of the things I desperately hated denying myself when I first found out I was gluten intolerant. Can you imagine a life without pizza?! Clearly, this was long before I knew of all the gluten […]
I’ve talked about comfort food before. Its always tied into cozy, rich, sometimes heavy foods. Often, its an unhealthy dish that can be used to stuff emotions or fill in a boredom gap. I don’t think it needs to be that way, and I love the idea of tapping into the warming side of what […]
A few months ago, I began doing an informal survey on people’s thoughts over the sensuality of watching people eat. Its a juicy topic and I’m still gathering thoughts and trying to wordsmith the post perfectly. In my ‘research’, a topic that came up for those in the dialogue was how intimate the act of […]
Having a house full of people, gathered around an abundant dinner table for Thanksgiving dinner, has always been a desire of mine. And in service to this desire, for the last 3 years, Jon and I have hosted Thanksgiving for a dear group of friends. This year we did it a week early, as there […]
A slight chill made its full blown appearance the other day here on the mountain. It had been flirting with us here and there, but last week we had a solid week of chill in the air in honor of the Autumn Equinox. It was surprising good… Like a sweet old friend coming back from […]
This is an improvised recipe from the June 2010 issue of Sunset Magazine. There were things I didn’t have so I did some switching around and substituting and it came out quite lovely. Mushroom Leek Asparagus 1 lb Slender Asparagus trimmed and cut in half on a diagonal 1 Large leek, white part only, thinly […]
Atrocious isn’t it? I can’t believe I would use that word on my scrumptious food blog, but there it is. I had such hopes for this dinner. And it was wonderful to prepare. The candle on my altar was lit, I had some Buddha Lounge music on and the evening felt important and prayerful. I […]
So even when I was a meat eater, I never really liked fish. I loved shrimp, lobster and scallops, but never fish. When I stopped eating meat altogether in 2000 it wasn’t an issue at all to not eat seafood, as I rarely had it anyway. Last year, this changed. Deep in the throws of […]
Disclaimer: The photos here aren’t going to do this dish justice. Unfortunately, I have yet to figure out the lighting situation here in my new kitchen and way too well lit deck at dinner time. Things will improve! I promise. From the minute I knew I would be spending my late Spring and Summer in […]
