What’s for dinner?
Scallops & Tomatoes
This similar scallop recipe from Epicurious was my inspiration for simplified scallops and tomatoes. Fresh Domestic … [Read More]
What’s for dessert?
Lifehack for Shipping Cookies in the Mail
After I posted my S'mores Cookies on Facebook, an old high school friend of mine commented about how yummy they looked. When I … [Read More]
In the Fresh Domestic Kitchen
“Double Treat” Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
I don't need bookmarks in my cookbooks. They naturally fall open to the most oft-used pages, guided by oil stains and batter splatters and clouds of flour. The page where this Double Treat Cookie recipe is located is one of these. These come from the one and only Church Cookbook: the blue-covered "Brethren … [Read More]
Summer Squash, Scallops and Rice Pilaf with Balsamic Glaze
Nothing beats homegrown veggies straight out of the garden. Every time I've gone home to Indiana this summer, my mom - who inherited an impressive green thumb from her farming father, sends me back to Cleveland with a bounty of fresh produce, grown in the same rich soil my grandpa farmed for 60 years. This time, it was … [Read More]
In the Fresh Domestic Garden
The Power of a Plant
Interesting to stumble upon this plant (on the clearance rack, no less) while I'm reading a chapter in "The Source Field … [Read More]
Health Dept. Raids Farm, Destroys Harvest
Here’s the scene: You’re invited to a “Farm to Fork” picnic at a sustainable, organic community supported agriculture (CSA) farm, … [Read More]
Around Town + Beyond
Pizza Night Every Night
When you were little, you were lucky to have pizza night once a week. When you're in college, it's nothing strange to have pizza night every night. This week I struck a fine balance with pizza night every other night, twice so far. And I struck that balance even finer for going out one night and staying in the … [Read More...]
I’m Double Down with KFC
Whoever invented the sandwich had it all wrong. The meat should be on the outside, and there should be no bread. The sandwich should just be the KFC Double Down.This is, indeed, the greatest innovation since sliced bread. (Take note, McDonald's, I want to see a sandwich with something delicious between two burgers. … [Read More...]
