food

  • cranberry bread: a story.

    cool mornings. socked feet. steaming bread and coffee percolating on the stove. things don’t get much better than this. growing up we had warm cranberry bread every christmas morning. i have two bags full…

    October 13, 2010 16 Comments
  • apple cider donuts.

    there’s not much that says autumn like apple cider donuts. at the cranberry festival james and i bought a bag (yes, our eyes are much, much bigger than our stomachs) from the folks at…

    October 12, 2010 17 Comments
  • harvest.

    james and i headed out to the cranberry bogs in wareham, mass yesterday for a little weekend adventure. it’s incredible to think of all the water and labor that goes into harvesting these little…

    October 11, 2010 19 Comments
  • be kind.

    to yourself. today’s motto (i decided). to honor it, i bought myself a cookie on the windy trek back from the archive where i spent the morning doing research. normally i would deny myself the…

    September 28, 2010 15 Comments
  • pancakes: a story.

    september is a tricky little month. it gets you all geared up for a blustery fall but then it gives you glorious days that make you want summer never to leave.  james has been…

    September 19, 2010 16 Comments
  • garlic.

    july is garlic harvesting time and the farmers have been hard at work pulling the bulbs up from the fields and hanging them to dry. here, a few pictoral steps for preparing your garlic…

    July 2, 2010 12 Comments
  • fried.

    this might be my first cruel post on this little blog. i’m not sure that i’ve mentioned this here before, but my james is allergic to potatoes. yes. you read that correctly. no hash…

    June 2, 2010 15 Comments
  • lemonade.

    nothing says summer like a lemonade stand. and i’ve never seen a cuter little shop than this one that we found on block island. the young proprietress even added fresh mint from her garden. {side…

    June 2, 2010 15 Comments
  • sweet and salty.

    having a valentine to make you baked bakery’s sweet and salty cake is a very lucky thing. {i think even martha would agree. find the recipe here}.…

    February 16, 2010 19 Comments
  • chili cheese bites.

    today, a recipe for a little february treat! i brought these little snacks to a party on saturday night and had to stop myself from eating them all before we arrived. the recipe i…

    February 1, 2010 14 Comments