Savvy Eats

In the past few years, Thanksgiving has become my favorite holiday.  I love cooking for my family and friends, and what better way to do so than with one big turkey-based feast on a holiday entirely centered on food and the Little Things? This year, we’re extending the celebration by a day, with a Use [...]

For Valentine’s Day a few years ago, I tried to make fresh pasta from scratch. Armed only with a floured kitchen island and a wooden rolling pin, I attempted to roll out the pasta. My arms and shoulders ached with the effort as I fought the dough, trying to force it into thin sheets suitable [...]

Have I told you about our favorite vendor at the Ithaca Farmers’ Market? Her name is Sarah, and she represents Autumn’s Harvest nearly every week at the market. Apparently she is a lot of people’s favorite, as she often sells out of eggs and chicken and certain sausages early in the weekend.  So immediately upon [...]

Not to fall into the food blogger cliché here, but I adore autumn.  Always have, always will. It is time for fingerless gloves, jeans and scarves. Time for mugs of hot tea and tall glasses of fresh apple cider.  Time to curl up under a quilt to watch some fall TV premiers, to go to [...]

It was a busy weekend. We stained and sealed the deck, and made two trips to the farmers’ market. We cleaned and organized in the wake of last weekend’s “move almost all of the upstairs furniture” spree. We hiked Buttermilk with Adam and Laura, and had multiple game nights.  I made dilly beans and pear [...]

I struggled on my bike ride last Saturday. My muscles felt tight and tired as we set out, but I chalked it up to the weeklong break from cycling and my need to warm up. But instead of feeling looser and more energized as we rode, I felt progressively weaker. After a mile of constant [...]

In the rush and tumble of summer, I somehow forgot about this lentil salad entirely.  The photos have been sitting on my desktop, waiting patiently for me to come back to them. Lentils are just that kind of food.  They aren’t flashy and demanding with a short season or shelf life like berries. No, lentils [...]

When I was little, I had a rock collection.  It started with a box of colorful polished stones from my great-grandfather and trilobite fossils from the parks near our house in Cincinnati.  With every Girl Scout camping trip (with its natural fossil-hunting expedition) and every visit to a museum gift shop, it would grow.  Whenever [...]