Monday, September 10, 2012. Roasted Beet and Orange Salad. The dressing adds just the right balance of tartness and sweetness. 3 c watercress sprigs or baby spinach.

I drink a lot of wine. I will write about the wines I drink and the wine-related things I do here. Thursday, November 12, 2009. Saturday, October 17, 2009. Au revoir, Mas Carlot! Tuesday, October 13, 2009. So, that being said, .

Growing naturally grown produce and cut flowers using organic principles. Tuesday, May 8, 2012. A list of some of the things in the greenhouse. A beautiful pink-fruited tomato that is the result of an intentional cross between the famous heirloom Brandywine and Oxheart. Fruits are 8-16oz, mostly smooth, but some have furrows. Flesh is thick and meaty with a distinctive rich flavor and few seeds. Pomodorinir al Piennolo Sauce Tomato.

Gluten is a complicated subject to bring up these days. The word has become almost taboo shoppers wince and pass by wheat bread, forgo crackers and shun pasta. Ten years ago gluten a protein in wheat that holds dough together was hardly even in the American vocabulary. So how did a previously unknown culprit emerge. As one of the biggest culinary pariahs in just under a decade? Are we as a nation being sold a gluten-free fad? The Atkins Diet paved the way for .

I realize the irony in the fact that my last post was about diet foods. That said, I just made this. It is a bacon potato rosemary truffle Death Star waffle. I boiled potatoes, then puréed them with rosemary and truffle oil. I mixed an equal portion of potato to waffle mix, and added water to get the right consistency of regular waffle batter. One of the biggest ways I get caught and end up .