Toasted ravioli is a classic St. Louis, Missouri dish. Just about every restaurant in the Italian neighborhood, The Hill, has it on their menu as do many other restaurants throughout the area. I love ’em, and miss them since moving to Michigan 8 years ago. Chris and I travel to St. Louis every year for […]
One year, by accident, I planted our spinach just a little too late at the end of summer to get a fall yield. However, this accident lead to a wonderful surprise in the spring. By the first week in May we were able to harvest 6 pounds of the most succulent spinach. The plants were established […]
Sometime in early April I decided this was the year that I would go traipsing around through the woods in search of morel mushrooms. “Wouldn’t that make a good blog entry?”, I thought to myself. Talk about delicious organic, locally-grown food. How perfect. I could even do a series of posts on different recipes and […]
“Through some rare genetic oddity, my sense of taste is at full strength only when I’m standing up.” – Calvin Trillin, The New Yorker When you visit street food vendors in other countries, you are likely to find food distinguished by its local flavor and food that represents well-esablished local traditions. This is because […]
