End of Summer Tomato Salsas & Edge of the Sun

Every year, I anxiously wait for summer tomatoes and the fresh, achingly, savory, sweet flavor of them. I will eat them on toast, in grilled cheese, like an apple and in salads galore. Summer tomatoes are the king of summer foods. This is my first summer in Seattle and many locals have said that our […]

Umami Roasted Asparagus with a poached egg & Grace

It is absolutely impossible for me to choose my favorite album of all time. Can you pick one?   My partner has come up with a question that he asks all of our friends: “If you were stranded on a deserted island and could only bring one album, which album would you choose?” The album […]

Lamb Shanks Braised with Swiss Chard & St. Germain

I had just finished WWOOF-ing (Willing Workers on Organic Farms) for a week in Sicily and one of my fellow workers offered to drive my roommate and I back to Palermo in his rosemary green Fiat to catch our Navi. I remember racing through the rolling hills toward Palermo with exotic sounds from a CD […]