Almost Slowfood

This has been one of those weeks I wish I could forget or, even better, start over. Ball up the paper and launch it into the trashcan or sel...

The day after graduating college, I met my husband while out with one of my girls - one of the "my girls" I speak of so fondly in ...

Willie Mae cooked for my great-grandmother, then my grandmother and, even for a short time, my mother. She was a large woman with a high-pit...

Just a quick one here, but I've been receiving numerous questions about what to do with the chutney left over from Monday's virtual ...

For the last month, baby girl and I have been eating up strawberries like we'll never see them again. Every week, as we approach the mar...

During my childhood, Northern Virginia wasn't the food destination it's now become. Sure, there were lots of restaurants, but the DC...

It is pouring yet again, but I have to admit I am a rainy day kinda gal. I love any excuse to wear rain boots, tuck baby girl into her strol...

"What's gah-nocky?" Yes, that's what I said out loud at a restaurant in Manhattan while my three friends of Italian descen...

In two weeks my CSA starts its Tuesday deliveries and I just found out I can also special order meats, cheeses, milk, jams, breads, pickles...

Today is my daughter's 18 month birthday and we didn't get off to a good start. It was rainy and dreary outside, but baby girl was i...

I usually post recipes today, but I just returned to NYC after a weekend of travel with my mom. The pickins were slim in the country as far ...

Today, I am training it down to the place I was born and raised: Old Town, Alexandria outside of DC. Tomorrow, my mother and I will drive ou...

I consider myself an adventurous cook, but, for some reason, my escapades never lead me to creme fraiche... Until this week when I came acro...

So, I am happy to announce that I've just been accepted to the... West Harlem CSA ! It was a brutal application process complete with l...

Just returned from the 97th street farmers' market and scored some beautiful spinach! While the pickings are still mainly potatoes and o...