Monthly Archives: July 2011

My lunch. Toasted baguette with either zucchini spread or goat cheese and tomato. Good grief, do I love summer. The eating is just so darn good and easy.

In the pop-up garden at the corner of 20th and Market Streets for a press conference. We (Philly Homegrown) announced our partnership with Center City District and this fall’s Restaurant Week. There’s going to be at least one locally sourced … Continue reading →

Fresh dill heads from Turhune Orchards in Princeton, NJ. I spent most of the day stressing about some final book edits, so I wasn’t able to go any further than my dining room for photographic inspiration.

Sunflower on Blue Moon Acres in central New Jersey. A co-worker and I went on a farm tour and saw three glorious, though very different, farms.

At the farmers’ market today, I bought 25 pounds of seconds apricots (it was pre-arranged with Beechwood Orchards) and two bundles of chinese long beans that I pickled tonight.

Create a Cook, the space in Newton, MA where I taught a canning class. It’s an amazing place, two full equipped cooking classrooms, a big open area where people can gather and lots of reliable staff. We have nothing like … Continue reading →

On the road to Boston to teach a canning class. It was a gorgeous day for driving.

A pot from Ikea that will serve as new home for a Christmas cactus. Now I just have to get some potting soil. One step at a time.

A quick weekday lunch. I had a couple small slices of toast on the side. Three and a half years later, the fact that I work close enough to home that I can make lunch in my own kitchen most … Continue reading →

Today was one of my work from home days and after a brief hour at the office for a staff meeting, I spent the rest of the day catching up on all those life-maintenance tasks that have been piling up. … Continue reading →