I love to barbeque – there’s just something about cooking outside that really feels like summer. Especially when we’re grilling our own home-grown veggies and organic meats. My boyfriend and I buy 1/4 of a free-range grass-fed cow every year from a local farm. We keep the cuts of meat in a freezer in the…
licorice in a bulb, originally uploaded by japanesejack. Today, Jenn, “Live Green, Wear Black” brings us more yummy and nutritious food ideas. Kale really is good for you. I am embarrassed to say I never had it before a few months ago. When I did, I didn’t remove all the stems…that did not taste good! Luckily,…
This morning was a morning for cocktails. I don’t mean I got up at 7am and started drinking. Though I might not always decline a mimosa or Bloody Mary when offered (yes, please!), I’m generally not much for the wake-and-partake. Well, OK, I’ll admit: after 10am, all bets are off. But today I wasn’t drinking…
Well, it’s officially summer now. Not only because it has FINALLY stopped raining, but because the produce I am getting from my garden and my CSA box tells me so. No, I don’t actually hear little veggie voices telling me to start canning… …well, not yet anyway. The season is young. I was away at…
I have a problem. My problem is leftovers. I love them, I hate them (mostly I ignore them and have to chisel their leaky gross containers out of the fridge a month too late). I love cooking and baking so much that the thought of eating something I already made seems like a terrible waste…
Three Bean Salad Last week, I mentioned (I believe in the comments) that I wanted to be able to find dishes that worked, and be able to recreate them with out thinking. This Three Bean Salad recipe is from Martha Stewart. I instantly wanted to make it becuase it reminds me of summer picnics and…
Yeah, I’m one of those people who likes to talk a lot about my heritage. Why wouldn’t I, since I’m half-Puerto Rican; descended from residents of an island known for its gorgeous women, beautiful palm-speckled coastlines, and delicious food? I’ve only been to Puerto Rico once. I was 11 years old and my father took…
pile of cookbooks, originally uploaded by penguincake The first step in meal planning is gaining some experience in cooking and knowing what your skill level is to pick out recipes. A reasonable goal is to try one new recipe a week. Some of them won’t work out, some you will want to share. I needed to…
I never quite understood marmalade. It was one of those things the early pioneers must have made: fresh fruit was precious, the vitamins scarce, and therefore even the seemingly inedible peel had to be used in any way possible. So they’d chop it up, boil it down into a thick goop, and eat it on…
I can’t believe it’s June already! I also can’t believe that we’ve only had about 3 days of real sun this season…isn’t it supposed to be summer? In the yard, the chickens have been toying with the idea of going on egg-strike until the sun comes back out, and the garden, while beautifully green, has…
Dog Island Farm is a small urban farm in the San Francisco Bay Area.
