the hungry bambino

sour cherries from our little tree The market this Saturday was a pea extravaganza -- sugar snaps, snow peas, and, my favorite, English ...

The weather this weekend was incredible. I felt winter finally unclench its steely grasp as the sun warmed my face and I sipped a cocktai...

  Hello, darling readers! I was home with the due bambini the last two days for our "spring" break, which was wonderful, but...

C razy Town has a new name: Sick Town. First it was James with goopy eyes and nose and a terrible, sneezy cold. Up next, Pickle, who had...

  Oh, January, how I dislike you. The fun of the holidays is over: you can no longer eat Christmas cookies every day without feeling a t...

I missed the last outdoor farmers’ market due to traveling this past weekend. Not the end of the world; I had stocked up enough on wint...

before the frost: flowering pineapple sage in my yard It was the second to the last farmers' market of the season on Saturday; a li...

asparagus soup that started our easter dinner When we first moved into our new house in December, there was a very large, blank wall in our ...

Our Christmas dinner was German-themed: roasted pork, potato dumplings, pickled vegetable salad and braised cabbage and apples – a pretty a...

Happy Holidays! Pickle's school is closed for the week, so he and I are hanging out at home. It's been a blast so far and we're...

As I write this, we have all of our windows open and I am drinking a very summery Dark and Stormy. All of this on the ninth day of October;...

Before our latest dinner group dinner, to me the land of Sweden was basically IKEA, Tretorns, ABBA, gravlax and Alexander Skarsgard (yum)....

Someone recently asked me how my summer was (as in past tense, over, done, finito) ... I know it's almost Labor Day, but as someone who...

The oppressive humidity and heat have finally lifted in Madison. Driving home last night, I had all the car windows open. With the breeze bl...

I’ve have slowly come to the realization that there are two parties in this world: beet lovers and beet haters (no political affiliations h...

Sorry, I’ve been MIA recently. With summer getaways and visitors, I’ve lost track of things. Let me catch you up! A couple of weekends ago, ...

We picked up our CSA box last Saturday and then headed out of town for the 4th of July, so I just started cooking from our box of goodies y...

The market was really showing off this Saturday – the baby beets were becoming adolescents; the broccoli was burgeoning; strawberries adorn...

As I mentioned earlier, I was scheduled to volunteer at REAP's 3rd annual Burgers and Brew event at Capital Brewery on Saturday. Well, ...

For all you Madisonian readers, REAP Food Group's annual Burgers and Brew event is tomorrow, Saturday, June 5. It's a great event t...