Not So Crafty
Making a Mess One Popsicle Stick at a Time

Week two of the our CSA box came at just the right time. We were having a brief lull in our tomatoes and our other vegetables were just getting started. This box consisted of several heirloom tomatoes, one honey loup, zucchinis, yellow squash, a much appreciated Stockton yellow onion, eggplant, the cutest tiniest super sweet [...]

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I recently discovered a great cook book, “Local Flavors,” by Deborah Madison. It’s a collection of recipes created around ingredients found at farmers markets across the United States. My favorite recipe so far is the Napa Cabbage Salad with Peanuts and Cilantro. This recipe was perfect for the the CSA’s giant head of heirloom cabbage. [...]

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Last night we drove down to Santa Rosa for a date night. By the time we got there we were starving. We drove over hills and down various neighborhood and we couldn’t find a nice plact to eat. That’s when we spotted this giant red barn on a hill advertising fine dinning. Further up the [...]

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Last weekend Simon and I headed up to Lake Tahoe. For the first time this winter they got a solid week of snow. We lucked out because when we got there Saturday it was warm and sunny but everything was blanketed in snow. We made a quickie snow man but since we where on the [...]

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