Seasonality

Category: Seasonality

Insert Strawberry Here

I swear strawberries grow like weeds in California. I drive by several huge fields of them each morning on my way to work. According to the California Strawberry Commission, (which I didn’t even know existed until about five minutes ago, but they have a really cool thing on their website called the Berry Report which

April 12, 2011 2 Comments Short URLcooking, food, ingredients, seasonal, strawberryIngredients, Seasonality, Spring

Seasonal Bounty: Citrus

According to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (www.unctad.org) the term citrus fruit includes several different types of fruits. Although oranges account for about 70% of citrus output, the group also includes small citrus – such as tangerines, mandarines, clementines and satsumas – lemons, limes and grapefruits. And I swear I have about

March 15, 2011 1 Comment Short URLblood orange, citrus, cooking, food, grapfruit, ingredients, lemons, oranges, seasonalIn the Kitchen, Ingredients, Seasonality

Not Your Mother’s Pot Roast

Pot Roast – the bastion of 1950’s kitchen cuisine. A foundation for countless recipes using leftovers. Gentle reminder of Sunday night dinners everywhere conjuring images of women in pearls and oven mitts. Comfort food at its’ peak. I’ve never really been a big fan of pot roast and not because of the misogynistic images it

February 23, 2011 2 Comments Short URLdinner, family, food, recipesDinner, In the Kitchen, Menu Planning, Recipes, Winter

A Tale of Two Tarts

I mentioned recently that I have been acquiring kitchen gadgets at an alarming rate and I wanted to share a story about one of them – my new tart pan. I’ve been making “tarts” for years, but really, they were just tart crusts in a pie pan. They tasted different than a plain ‘ol pie,

February 22, 2011 0 Comments Short URLbaking, cooking, dessert, dinner, family, food, ingredients, recipes, seasonal, tartDessert, In the Kitchen, Ingredients, Recipes, Winter

I Heart Pub Food

So while I appreciate fine food and exotic ingredients, at the core my tastes are pretty pedestrian. In the past, anytime someone has asked me what type of food was my favorite, I was embarrassed to answer, “pub food.” But really, it’s just comfort food and is there anything better than a good burger, homemade

February 18, 2011 3 Comments Short URLcooking, dinner, family, food, ingredients, recipesDinner, In the Kitchen, Ingredients, Recipes, Winter

What I’m Cooking Now – Cauliflower

Cauliflower is a funny thing. I never minded it as a kid (and Madison doesn’t either) but I have had plenty of kids at my dinner table turn the stuff down. I know, it’s kinda stinky, looks weird (sometimes all I can think of when I look at it is a boxers’ cauliflower ear. Gross!)

February 9, 2011 3 Comments Short URLcooking, dinner, family, food, ingredients, inspiration, menu planning, recipes, vegetableIn the Kitchen, Ingredients, Recipes, Seasonality, Winter

Bonus Post: The Farmers Market

I kinda cheesed out on Wednesday with this explanation/apology for my lack of posts this month so I feel like I owe you one. Here are some pictures I took recently of my favorite food and farmers found at Vista Farmers Market: I always stop here first to purchase two dozen extra large eggs.

January 30, 2011 0 Comments Short URLdates, eggs, farmers market, local, oranges, organic, seasonalIngredients, Seasonality, Winter

A Tale of Two Meatloaves

Boy has my cooking come a long way…… Just recently Madison discovered one of my very first cookbooks – Walt Disney’s Mickey Mouse Cookbook. Last week as I was working in the kitchen and she was lying on floor flipping through cookbooks – a girl after my own heart – she announced that she would

January 20, 2011 7 Comments Short URLbread, cooking, dinner, family, food, menu planning, protein, recipes, seasonalDinner, In the Kitchen, Ingredients, Recipes, Seasonality

Comfort Food Makes the Best Leftovers

Leftovers get a mixed review in our house: Joel won’t eat them unless there’s pasta involved, Madison will eat them if I disguise them or they’re Asian-food related and I only like them in wintertime. The pets take what they can get, (except the cat – she’s pickier than Joel.) I pack my lunch three

January 12, 2011 1 Comment Short URLdinner, food, ingredients, menu planning, pasta, seasonal, vegetables, winterIngredients, Seasonality

Pass the Peas Please

For a short period of time each winter, English Peas are in season here. Unlike their cousins, the snow pea and snap pea – which are available year-round, are much smaller and can be eaten whole – English peas are what you think of when you think pea – perfectly round, plump and bright green.

January 11, 2011 1 Comment Short URLcooking, dinner, family, food, seasonal, vegetableIn the Kitchen, Seasonality, Winter

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