The Summer of Broccolini

For the past two summers, Corky and I have had a half share at a local CSA, Titus Farms. This summer when it came time to sign up again, we had no idea what we were doing this summer. I had been hoping to travel more and we decided to forgo the CSA membership in [...]

 
Summer Comfort Food:  Mom’s Zucchini and Pork

We always had a huge garden when I was growing up. With a garden comes a ton of zucchini and the need for creative ways to use it. This was one of my mom’s favorite zucchini dishes and one she made more than anything I can remember other than her Zucchini Bread. Last week I [...]

 
Waterfront Bar and Grille, Lansing City Market

I was excited to find out that a restaurant was going in at the Lansing City Market.  I love grabbing some chicken salad at Aggie Mae’s Bakery or some soup at Seif Foods, but sometimes you want a sit down meal with a waitress and the prospects of a beer or glass of wine at [...]

 
Pie Iron Creations

Corky and I went on a camping trip earlier this summer.  For years, I have gone camping each summer with the Lansing Jaycees.  When Corky entered my life and started going with me on these trips, it turned into us staying at a local “2 star hotel”, which is as close to camping as he [...]

 
The chickpea is neither a chick nor a pea…

I have been interested in trying fresh garbanzo beans or chickpeas for several years.  Every time I read about a west coast food blogger finding them at the farmer’s market I was jealous.  On trips to the Honeybee Market in Detroit, I inquired about them and found that they had “just had some the week [...]

 
Daring Cooks:  Nut Butter Challenge

I have been a very bad Daring Cook, not completing a challenge in several months.  I logged onto the website this week fully expecting to not have access to the private message boards and being shut out of this month’s challenge.  I was happy to find that I was not blocked, so I thought I [...]

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