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…
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Lately I’ve Been… + RECIPE: Polenta with Charred Asparagus
…making lots and lots of interesting vinaigrettes because then I can eat nothing but the leftover veggies in my fridge and still feel like I cooked. …eating at the Good Food cart no less than one time per week. Sometimes more. …trying to stifle the tears over my busted laptop and its unrecognizable hard drive….
Farm Crush Friday (!!)+ RECIPE: Roasted Turnips with Brown Butter Ramp Vinaigrette
This month’s Farm Crush Friday has an extra gigantic place in my heart because it is all about the merging of good, fresh, local farm products and the talented people who cook them. And not only that, it is about a chef I have the utmost respect for and a place I loved so much…
RECIPE: Mushroom Lasagna
I’m not gonna lie. Some days absolutely, completely and utterly suck. No way around it. No silver linings. No pretending that you enjoyed any part of it. Some days are just the worst. When you wake up to frozen baby plants. And then you go to the greenhouse and see droopy tomatoes. That’s a bad…
Holiday Weekends + RECIPE: Roasted Potato, Parsnip & Kale Salad
Hi everyone! How were your weekends of family and food?! How were all of your Easter and/or Passover celebrations!? Were they absolutely wonderful and sunny I hope!? We had a blast over in the beautiful driftless hills of Western Wisconsin! It was a weekend of celebrating for us Rudersdorfs. A 6 month anniversary and a…
Entertaining Theories + RECIPE: Build Your Own Spring Roll Party!
I have two very distinct theories on entertaining. Theory number one is that parties are for spoiling guests. I want them to walk in the door and get a home brew thrust into their hand immediately. I want good music playing and good smells coming out of the kitchen. In this theory I will probably…
Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week + Farm Crush Friday + RECIPE: Butter Pecan Cheesecake
Have you ever had this experience where you are finally beginning to feel like you’re a responsible adult and you’ve got your shit together and you’re actually finding some confidence about your own little place in this world…. and then you fall flat on your face? Figuratively, this has happened to me several times throughout…
Should-less Weekend + RECIPE: Cauliflower Pesto Tartlets
Would you all still love me if you found out that I watched Gossip Girl for 12 hours (straight) this weekend? Please tell me that you all still love me anyways. Because exactly that has happened. And since we’re being completely open and honest, I loved every single second of it. My Mr. Carrot is…
Farm Crush Saturday + RECIPE: Orecchiette with Beets
This little farm girl is loving spring. I know, I know. The 5-day forecast in Wisconsin says snow. Snow twice in five days actually. But I don’t care. For now, it’s sunny and warm and I’m in heaven. I’m ignoring any talk of snow. Warm weekend hikes with my perfect pups. Seeding dates with my…
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…
The Leek & The Carrot 