May 2023
I’m still starter-sitting for my sister, and I end up with a lot of excess sourdough discard every weekend. I’ve gotten very creative with using it so it doesn’t go to waste — this weekend I made the flakiest buttermilk biscuits I’ve ever eaten, and they were delicious! My sister will be claiming her sourdough starter in just a few…
J’s culinary specialty is in Spanish cuisine, and every so often I get treated to the most delicious home-cooked Spanish meals. This week, he made me a stovetop paella, which was full of spices, rich tangy flavors, veggies and seafood. The way the spices and the warmth of the dish (served hot) enhance one another was to die for, and…
The previous property owners planted a lot of decorative plants and flowers and the farm is bursting with color because of it. Although I prefer to plant and grow food plants because I enjoy the harvesting process, I have found myself really savoring the decorative beauty of these plants this year. In the mornings, I will often walk around the…
Now that the weather is substantially warmer, I finally transferred my last batch of seedlings outdoors and no longer have any baby plants inside. I plan on gifting some of these to neighbors and friends and planting the rest in the next wave of garden boxes. So far, the no-dig soil building method has saved time and effort, and I’m…
It’s not every day that you receive a text from your mom asking if you want a historic sourdough starter from the 1800s! I was recently gifted a starter from early 1850s California that has been passed down for over a century and is known for its robustness and unique flavor profile. It came from a surprise text from my…
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If someone asks me how I am, I don’t have to say ‘living the dream’… I can say ‘cultivating the dream.’ It’s about now and the future. Every day I choose: "today, I will savor the now"; or, "today, I will work for tomorrow." This blog is about both of those choices and finding a balance between them. Read More
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