potato pie

This thing is an easy week night whip up and makes great leftovers for days. Potato Gratin (adapted from Kraft) 3 lbs potatoes, rinsed but not peeled (yukon gold is my favorite) 4 tbsp butter melted (divided) 1/3 c grated gruyere/romano or parmesan cheese 2 tbsp herbs (rosemary, thyme, sage) any of these or a [...]

for the anal rententive neat freaks out there…

this ones for you… things neatly organized tumblr, go now and enjoy the calm serenity you are about to enter. Originally seen here.

blueberry bread

Rifling through the freezer I came across a bag of frozen blueberries from our summer picking extravaganza! With a household of two, my wardrobe does encourage whole pie eating, so I have to find some recipes that we can treat ourselves without gorging, under the bag of blueberries I also found already banana and zucchini [...]

seed love

The countdown to spring has begun and my seed order from from Fedcoseeds arrived, highly exciting.  This is what’s on the table, or rather in the ground, for my little garden this year. Little Marvel Shell Peas (nothing more rewarding than shelling your own peas) Cascadia Snap Pea (summer wouldn’t be complete without) Poona Kheera [...]

health salad

Sometimes I want to eat a salad but the thought at staring at a plate of greens literally makes me want to gag! I want something a bit more substantial… I’m not a rabbit after all.  I whipped this up for lunch the other day in an attempt to feast upon something healthy and spring [...]

boskke planters

Guess who’s gonna get all upside down and crazy up at the wee house? ME that’s who! Yip check out this cool hanging planters… I’m already scheming away… available here.

it’s someone’s birthday…

To my darling husband on his birthday… have a wonderful day!  

Godspeed Japan

All our thoughts and prayers are with you!

new work

A project I worked on, love it. Fun stuff.

do you have $650 for a book?

I know pricey right, BUT it’s not just any old book… Modernist Cuisine is a 6 volume cookbook set with 2,400 pages is a “deep investigation into the science and physics of cooking, filled with avant garde techniques…” Totally awesome, totally unique, totally weird, I’m totally obsessed and I have to totally start saving now! [...]