Our first locally-procured item? Squash blossoms filled with local goat cheese, breaded with tempura batter and fried!
It’s as easy as it sounds to make. Here’s my method:
1. Make sure you open up the squash flowers to remove any bugs that may have crawled inside the flower to sleep! My vendor has a special way [...]
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First Item Up for Bids!
Posted in Uncategorized on July 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Eating Local is Affordable!
Posted in Uncategorized on July 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
At least in Bloomington, Indiana it is! Almost everything is coming into season now in the Midwest, which means tough choices–what do I want to get, versus what do I need to get? If I get this, can I eat it in time? Will it go bad? How do I capture the freshness of summer [...]
Homemade Naan: So many possibilities!
Posted in Uncategorized on July 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Naan. What a wonderful, versatile bread. As it is intended, to sop up all the delicious flavors of an Indian stew, or as the basis for homemade pizza, naan is delicious and wonderful and warm and buttery and tangy… and the easiest bread product you could ever make from scratch.
Homemade Naan: (Adapted from pattikay in [...]
SweetGrass Restaurant = YooHoo on the Menu
Posted in Uncategorized on July 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We have been looking forward to SweetGrass Restaurant opening for some time now. There are three ways to get anywhere in Bloomington, and one of our most frequent routes has us driving by the “Sweet Grass Restaurant Coming Soon” sign at least twice a day. And we checked, twice a day, for indications of the [...]
Crack is Whack
Posted in Uncategorized on June 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I came downstairs this morning to make some coffee, to help fuel Tyler and I while packing him up to go to a conference in NYC for the remainder of the week. The afternoon prior, I had made a nice salad with local greens, a white wine vinegarette, goat cheese, and pecans. When opening the [...]
MY CUTE CLOUD BOLERO
Posted in Uncategorized on June 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »
My wonderful friend Lauren E. is making this for me so I don’t have to show my bare back during a wedding I’m in in a couple weeks.
CUTE!!!!!!!!!!! Well, I mean, not yet, but it will be, just you wait and see.
Pallas Athena Tina Beener
Posted in Uncategorized on May 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Look what Xythian made!
Posted in Uncategorized on April 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Week of Chocolate!
Posted in Uncategorized on January 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
It is upon us yet again, friends. Every year, I say, “This is my last year. I’m gonna die if I eat one more piece of chocolate.” But then I make new friends, and they’ve never been, and I want to share my gut-exploding, sugar shock chocolate sickness experience with them.
However, Chocolate Fest as we [...]
Mexican Chefs Make World’s Biggest Cheesecake!
Posted in Uncategorized on January 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
N to the friggin om. N-O-M.
Associated Press article here and below.
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico has long been known for tacos and tequila — but cheesecake?
Chef Miguel Angel Quezada says 55 cooks spent 60 hours making the world’s biggest cheesecake — a 2-ton calorie bomb topped with strawberries.
The monster cake used nearly a ton of [...]
