Probably no one will be surprised that we’ve invited another organizer to stay with us.  To one degree or another, everyone in this family is an activist.  Hope you all get to meet Adam Reaves; he’ll be here until April 7th.

After a week of the excesses of New Orleans, we were ready for some healthy comfort food! 

Lemon Yoghurt Blueberry cake.  Not healthy.  Not local.  Just good. 

“I do not at all understand the mystery of grace - only that it meets us where we are but does not leave us where it found us.”  Anne Lamott

Mt. Vernon OH foodshed connection

I’m not going to seed grapes every day, but this was worth it!

It’s still summer - but late summer.  I can tell because it’s plum season!

I’m looking forward to tomatoes this winter.  

I love cookbooks, and I never would have thought of this combination on my own. This salad of roasted beets and peaches was inspired by Sheila Lukins’ 2003 next-to-last book, Celebrate, which was a gift from my friend Sue.  

I used sherry vinegar, since I didn’t have lemons, and arugula, since it was growing a few steps from my door and endive wasn’t.  It was a delicious part of our anniversary celebration, which we shared with Jo and Jeff.

Summer food comes from the garden, the market, the CSAs, and local farmers…