Let’s talk about vacation and good food and happy things, because really, what else is there to do at a time like this? Don’t get me wrong. It’s not just fun and games over here. I’m working hard to find my own path forward through this whole mess. I’m just like you. I can’t stop…
Category: lists of things
Where I’m At + RECIPE: Bacon & Pecan Belgian Waffle
It’s been one hell of a week my friends. One hell of an emotional, exhausting kind of a week. Arriving home in Wisconsin after a picture perfect vacation (much more on this later!) to forty-degree weather and what can only appear to be a spring thaw in mid-January, diving 100 miles per hour into work with a board…
Winter Changes + RECIPE: Sweet Potato & Lime Rice Bowl
The last time we talked (I mean really talked, you know about something other than vacations and avocados and Christmas) seems like so long ago. My Carrot was in the midst of building a greenhouse (our first greenhouse!). I was dreaming of zoning and building codes at night and drawing up dozens of house plans…
What I’d Make for Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving eve! Are you all excited to hang out with family and friends over copious amounts of wine and turkey?! Are you excited to watch the Packers play while you try desperately to stay awake because they put the “best” team way later in the day than is reasonable?! Are you excited for the…
SURPRISE!!!! + RECIPE: Brown Butter Cake with Raspberry Filling
Smiley face balloons. Home brews. Funfetti cupcakes. Chocolate cake. This cake ↓↓↓. Bonfires. Camping. BBQ pork. BBQ ribs. Smoked brisket made by my very favorite chef friend. Bean bag toss. Volleyball. Euchre. Surprises. Family. Friends. Funny little signs that say holy &$@?! you’re old. Me. Can you guess what all these things have in common?!…
25 Ways to Asparagus + RECIPE: Chili-Roasted Asparagus & Pork Fajitas
I have been asparagus-ing like crazy these last few weeks. Oh, asparagus is not a verb? Well you could have fooled me because suddenly my whole life seems to revolve around asparagus. We harvest from a small pick-your-own farm on Monday and deliver it to our restaurants in Madison on Tuesday and an even more…
April Things + Huckleberry’s Barley Porridge
Rainy days. Followed by perfect sunny 70 degree days. Followed by bitterly cold and windy days. First barefoot moments in the field. First dates with our first ever CSA worker shares! First bike rides of spring. So much farm productivity. So many farm conversations. An almost full CSA! Beautifully straight rows of just seeded peas…
New York, New York.
New York, New York. Oh how I love you in so many unexpected ways. A lot of people say they love living in New York City. They say there’s absolutely no place they’d rather be. As a Midwest farm girl, I never got it. I’d traveled to New York twice on (very touristy) school trips…
Wednesday + RECIPE: Curried Carrot Soup with Cumin Roasted Chickpeas
Some weeks it’s worth celebrating just making it to Wednesday. Like this week, when you skipped out on all your to-do lists two nights in a row to cook elaborate yummy meals and then ended up dropping both, yes both, meals on the floor. Oh, was that just me? Grumble, grumble. I don’t want to…
Lately I’ve Been…
…eating out way too much because I want to see my friends and it’s bitterly cold outside and we can’t think of anything else to do but eat and drink and talk. Have I mentioned that I’m sick of winter? …an absolute truant with my library books, only beginning to read them the day after…
The Leek & The Carrot 