Budget

Creamy Cauliflower Soup

January 23, 2012
Thumbnail image for Creamy Cauliflower Soup

Cauliflower – a vegetable I grew up with, and wasn’t often thrilled about. Mom you know I love you, but I do not love the way you like most of your veggies cooked. However, on my quest to enjoy more fresh produce this Winter season, I’m giving it a try again.  Cauliflower seems to abound [...]

56 comments

Herb Roasted Root Vegetables

January 11, 2012
Thumbnail image for Herb Roasted Root Vegetables

I have hit the ground running with my expedition into the land of root vegetables.  This week I have eaten celery root, parsnips, jerusalem artichokes, and there are even carrots sitting in my fridge.   My first foray of the year into root vegetables was to try them simply – I wanted to taste their [...]

47 comments

Amateur’s Food Photography XIII: White Bean and Ricotta Salad

September 26, 2011
Thumbnail image for Amateur’s Food Photography XIII: White Bean and Ricotta Salad

What defines a photographic style? Is it the light one uses, the props, the angle, the composition, the settings? I kind of think all of the above.  It’s part of what makes style so hard to describe.  How does one look at a photograph and see the signature of the photographer within the image?  All [...]

38 comments

Creamy Zucchini Soup

August 22, 2011
Thumbnail image for Creamy Zucchini Soup

I’ve always dreamed of having a garden.  When I was very little, my mom used to have a vegetable garden in the backyard – I remember sunkissed days with tomatoes coming out our ears, along with peas, lots of peppers, even once we tried growing corn (that didn’t work so well)…  But one of the [...]

71 comments

Mustard Roasted Potatoes

August 15, 2011
Thumbnail image for Mustard Roasted Potatoes

Photography and food, as art forms, are a bit of opposites.  Food – grown, prepared, cooked, eaten, enjoyed – like all the good things in life, is fleeting; the moment is there, the bliss happens, and before you realize it is all gone, forever.  Food is the medium through which our senses become alive for [...]

75 comments

Mountaintop Rösti with Ham, Tomatoes and Fried Egg

August 4, 2011
Thumbnail image for Mountaintop Rösti with Ham, Tomatoes and Fried Egg

Sometimes we need to let go of the world around us, our daily cares, issues that cause stress, and get away for a few days – relax, recollect, and come back ready to face the world with new resolve and vigor.  This Summer my husband and I have been doing just that, in a series [...]

54 comments

← Previous Entries