I'M NOT A HIPPIE! But… A) I own a refrigerator B) Europe does many things better than the U.S. C) I'm a big fan of real food.* Recently, I've been buying eggs at the farmers' market and milk from a… cow.  Like, nearly, straight from a cow.   Yes, RAW MILK. And it's awesome. As the…

Food: it's mine.   If I doled it out in some sort of serving size while you weren't around, then the servings per container is ONE. Meals are one thing.  I LOVE making food for people and want everyone to eat and eat and eat. But snacks?  NO.  NO SHARING. This tends to be a…

Contrary to last week's post, where I complained about homemade versus hand made food and how NOBODY CARES, there are certain food things I am too lazy, cheap, or food-obsessed to buy in the store. Vanilla extract – If only for a reason to buy cheap vodka (it looks so lonely sitting on the bottom…

After Slate posted the caustic article about home-cooked meals and all the facets of their lameness, every food blogger, mom, and home-cook took to the internet to reply.   And DAMMIT, I'M ALL THREE!  It's my turn. Slate stated the obvious: it takes time and money to cook food and often the people you cook…

If you like to cook or bake and you don't follow Food52 (likewise with The Kitchn), you're missing out.  They constantly churn out great tips, recipes, and pretty gadgetry to inspire your daily dining.   Recently, there was the mind-blowing link to a fuss-free ice cream recipe by Nigella Lawson; a recipe that promised four ingredients,…

There are certain things in my kitchen I literally THANK GOD FOR every time I use them.   Here's they are: OXO Oven Mitt – This post might end up seeming like an ad for the OXO brand, and let me tell you, it is in no way sponsored.  I just really love their products.  I'm…

The St. Paul Farmers' Market season started in May and I actually went.  Not only did I go one time, but my friend America and I have GOTTEN UP EARLY every Sunday to fetch vegetables.   I've gone once or twice over the years, but this year it hit me.  I had just read Animal, Vegetable,…

– it was a pretty dull week in comparison to last week.  The usual teaching, practicing, cooking, mothering business resumed with full normalcy.  – as I pointed out on Facebook, one must be very careful with fonts and the word "flick"… so naughty – we finally ate at the Lion's Tap in South Dakota, or…

Mae Cake had been planning her 4th birthday cake for approx. 364 day.   At 3, she wanted three cakes: blue, yellow, and green. Boom. At 4, she wanted one cake with three different colors (blue, pink, and green) with chocolate frosting and [in a high-pitched toddler voice] "little tiny cupcakes all around it". challenge…