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July 21, 2010
17:12
Cool as a Cucumber
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Posted: July 21st, 2010, 5:12pm EDT
Remember Mr. McNeedham's garden? Well it hasn't stopped growing. In fact, every day there are surprising discoveries, like giant cucumbers hiding under dense vines. And what does one do with said...
July 17, 2010
11:34
Summer Spice Is So Nice
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Posted: July 17th, 2010, 11:34am EDT
Native corn is here...and it's sweet and juicy and so very tender. We love to eat it on the cob, dripping with butter and sprinkled with salt and pepper. But when we've had our fill, and want to...
July 10, 2010
9:17
Mr. MacNeedham's Garden
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Posted: July 10th, 2010, 9:17am EDT
Once upon a time, a man built 3 large garden boxes for his wife. He filled them with good soil, seeds and seedlings, and gave them lots of water and attention. The wife was very happy, and so was...
July 05, 2010
22:14
Weekending
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Posted: July 5th, 2010, 10:14pm EDT
Summer is where the girls go barefoot and their hearts are as free as their toes. Hope you enjoyed celebrating your freedom this weekend too!
June 27, 2010
23:00
Space Odyssey: Meet Kohlrabi
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Posted: June 27th, 2010, 11:00pm EDT
This gorgeous slaw, came from a strange orb, that looks not unlike a UFO...but is even more bizarre because it sprouts tentacle-like arms from all sides. It tastes sort of like radishes, but it's...
9:58
Weekending
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Posted: June 27th, 2010, 9:58am EDT
Summer afternoon - summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language. ~Henry James
June 26, 2010
17:50
The Case of the Smuggled Tomatoes
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Posted: June 26th, 2010, 5:50pm EDT
The tomatoes to your left, were picked off my tomato vines in California with only their first blush of red, carefully tucked in my carry-on, and placed on the window sill here in Cape Cod to ripen. ...
June 25, 2010
22:20
Farm to Table
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Posted: June 25th, 2010, 10:20pm EDT
Friends, it's on! Summer is here, and with that comes amazing things out of the garden. And everything, it seems, is on steroids this year. Here on the Cape, things usually get a slow start....but...
June 20, 2010
11:18
Eat A Rainbow
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Posted: June 20th, 2010, 11:18am EDT
So if you've been wondering where I've wandered off to, it's here....to what is quite possibly the most wonderful place on earth. Here, there is a rambling house, on the water, with a dock, and lots...
June 07, 2010
11:00
At Market....Apricots
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Posted: June 7th, 2010, 11:00am EDT
To be perfectly honest, I don't really care for this fruit. Though they represent the literal first blush of beloved summer stone fruit, they are always a bit dense and slimy. And I don't...
June 06, 2010
19:14
The Burning Mandarin
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Posted: June 6th, 2010, 7:14pm EDT
In my humble opinion, this quite possibly the best martini ever. The first sip is an intriguing combination of bright citrus followed by a slow burn, brought on by the serrano chiles that are...
June 02, 2010
13:10
Makin' Whoopie!
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Posted: June 2nd, 2010, 1:10pm EDT
Have you made whoopie pies before? Surely you have at least eaten them....especially if you live in New England. Though Mainers and folks from Pennsylvania both argue that whoopie pies originated...
May 28, 2010
2:08
A New Cookbook!
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Posted: May 28th, 2010, 2:08am EDT
When I was a kid, I loved to go get the mail, in hopes that there was something there for me...a letter, a magazine, a package. The possibilities were endless! But in becoming an adult, one quickly...
May 20, 2010
11:48
At Market...Fava Beans
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Posted: May 20th, 2010, 11:48am EDT
Despite the fact that I truly believed that I hated legumes when I was a girl (influenced, perhaps, by my mother's distaste for them), eventually, I realized their goodness. And not being one to be...
May 19, 2010
11:02
The Odd Couple
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Posted: May 19th, 2010, 11:02am EDT
One of my very favorite rides at Disneyland is the Haunted Mansion from October through December. During that time, two holidays, Halloween and Christmas, collide, creating something that's more...
May 17, 2010
11:00
The "First" Garden
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Posted: May 17th, 2010, 11:00am EDT
The garden at the White House....
May 13, 2010
14:15
Salted Caramel Blisscake
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Posted: May 13th, 2010, 2:15pm EDT
Meet Salted Caramel Cupcake. She is my new best friend...my new lover...my new drug. Her soft white belly with perfectly moist crumb can just barely withstand the weight of the rich caramel...
May 12, 2010
23:18
A Savory Summer Tart
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Posted: May 12th, 2010, 11:18pm EDT
This is my view most days from my cutting board. Meet Cricket, my vacuum, my perpetual kitchen companion, and the one who comes running when she hears me flip-flop my way into the kitchen. Always...
May 09, 2010
20:00
Happy Mother's Day!
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Posted: May 9th, 2010, 8:00pm EDT
And so our mothers and grandmothers have, more often than not anonymously, handed on the creative spark, the seed of the flower they themselves never hoped to see -- or like a...
April 26, 2010
0:01
A Locavore's Dream Project
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Posted: April 26th, 2010, 12:01am EDT
We spent most of today working on my son's 4th grade Social Studies Project. One of the options was to create a Governor's Ball menu using only California grown ingredients, which really isn't that...
April 22, 2010
9:00
How Does Your Garden Grow?
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Posted: April 22nd, 2010, 9:00am EDT
Our year-old tomato in a pot...still producing! Baby cabbages....so cute. One of our newbies....an heirloom. Uh...our shaggy dog, hunting lizards.... Our tomatillo plant....blooming and...
April 21, 2010
9:00
At Market...Lemon Basil
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Posted: April 21st, 2010, 9:00am EDT
I've learned the hard way that lemon basil doesn't sit around and wait for you to decide what to do with her...especially on a particularly hot and sunny day. She doesn't care if you give her a cool...
April 20, 2010
9:00
At Market...Green Tomatoes
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Posted: April 20th, 2010, 9:00am EDT
I tend to think of green tomatoes as being an end-of-season treat, a treat borne out of necessity to rescue what's left of the crop from blight, or frost....or both. Kind of like the gardener's way...
April 19, 2010
12:37
Scenes from a Sunday Market
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Posted: April 19th, 2010, 12:37pm EDT
What's growin' in your neck of the woods?
April 10, 2010
14:33
Ratatouille the Easy Way
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Posted: April 10th, 2010, 2:33pm EDT
Sometimes pictures say more than written words can. They can paint a clear picture of a perfectly simple meal, made in a hurry, by an exhausted person who'd spent her day unpacking and readjusting...
April 09, 2010
19:28
A Spring Break...in Photos
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Posted: April 9th, 2010, 7:28pm EDT
A Spring Break...in Photos
April 01, 2010
11:48
The Thousand Mile Diet....
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Posted: April 1st, 2010, 11:48am EDT
Shrimp, salsa, sun, sand, Spanish....all of these wonderful things come from our neighbor to the south, our neighbor who provides us with so many good things in the off season like watermelons,...
March 31, 2010
20:44
Chocolate Cloud Cake
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Posted: March 31st, 2010, 8:44pm EDT
I read a lot of blogs...and by a lot, I mean about eleventy hundred! And I find many to be so beautiful, so inspiring, and so delicious looking...however, I have yet to come across a recipe that...
March 24, 2010
17:41
At Market...Asparagus
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Posted: March 24th, 2010, 5:41pm EDT
So, I don't know about you, but I'm pretty into this whole spring thing. The rains in Southern California seem to be over for the most part, leaving in their wake lots of green grass and one heck of...
March 19, 2010
14:29
Hippity Hop Hop!
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Posted: March 19th, 2010, 2:29pm EDT
Easter brunch is a mere TWO weeks away. Are you ready? Check out some of my delicious brunch recipes that are included in this gallery at Disney Family.com!
March 15, 2010
11:57
At Market...Tuscan Kale
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Posted: March 15th, 2010, 11:57am EDT
Whether you know it by the name cavolo nero, dinosaur kale, black kale, lacinato kale, or Tuscan kale, I think you'll agree that it is some of the best kale you will ever try. Increasingly common at...
February 26, 2010
19:15
Easy Family Meals
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Posted: February 26th, 2010, 7:15pm EST
Another of my recipes was just added to Disney Family.com! Click here for the entire gallery featuring ground turkey, and here for the stuffed pepper recipe. Hope you have a wonderful weekend!

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