Driftless Appetite

Last Saturday,  Shooting Star Farm was selling 20 lb. boxes of tomatoes.  If you’ve been following the blog from the beginning, I have a penchant for buying produce in massive quantities from the farmer’s market.  My favorite time to go is when they have just opened and everything is perfectly laid out (and I can [...]

10.  Beg a food pantry to take it. 09.   Go to church late and leave zucchinis on top of people’s cars. 08.  Harvest decor. 07.  Paint it yellow and pretend you’ve grown the world’s largest banana.

Before planning dinner last night I was practicing how to make chive pancakes since my first try a few days ago did not go very well.  They were just awful.  The dough was very sticky and I ended up adding to much flour.  The pancakes were brittle and misshaped.  In case you don’t know already, [...]

Friday night we were sitting at home watching Northern Exposure on Netflix (we are that cool).  This particular episode dealt with a feud amongst the residents of the little Italy in  Sicily, AK.  There was a lot of tempting food and by the end credits, we both had a craving for some Italian-American comfort food.  [...]

Keith:  Growing up, I spent quite a few summers visiting my grandparents in western Kansas.  I’ve got many memories from those trips, but none make my mouth water as much as Mary’s cookies.  You never needed to explain to anyone in my family what Mary’s cookies were.  And if someone said “should we call up [...]