My first little bounty from my garden on The Veranda! Nothing much – a few shishito peppers and Asian eggplants – but still exciting.
Yesterday, I saw my first male flowers on my zucchini plants. Aren’t they just lovely? A close-up: This morning, I found THIS: So, it appears the squirrels know what’s up on The Veranda. I was fairly sure this would happen, but kept hoping they would stick to the flourishing community garden down below and leave my little patch […]
She’s back, folks! After a looong hiatus involving a new job, and an epic move to a new apartment, here I am again. I still have unpacking to do, even though I moved almost seven months ago, which is absurd and typical. I blame my compulsive need to spend countless hours on home-improvement projects. I have exceeded […]
This is what I have been eating (and drinking) recently:
Listen up, peeps! It has been two years since I experienced the first bloom on my Night-Blooming Cereus plant (yes it is an experience). Last year I had several more on the same plant (the 3rd propogation from my first plant), and a few on my original plant (propogated from the plant of a great friend’s […]
As I mentioned, I am trying not to waste anything in my fridge, and I had just enough of the Lemon and Horseradish Aioli leftover to make an intensely gluttonous BLAT (Bacon, Lettuce, Avocado, and Tomato sandwich)! This sandwich would be delicious with just the above, if you aren’t a meat lover! […]
I rarely buy cold cuts, mainly because I can’t eat them fast enough, but on a whim I got some thinly-sliced roast beef from Fresh Direct. I decided to spice it up a bit and put a little kick in the pants of the old run-of-the-mill beefy ‘wich, by making a delicious lemon and […]
Picked these beauties up at the farmers’ market on Saturday! I love these colors together!
After trying several different recommendations on how to store fresh herbs like dill, cilantro, parsley, mint and basil in the fridge, by far the best luck I have had, is with this method: trim the ends of the bunch, like you would a bouquet of flowers (DO NOT wash herbs until ready to use – and then […]
Well, it isn’t my birthday, but it feels like it! I ordered a set of the Bombay Sapphire Rocks Glasses by Bottlehead (pictured above) a few weeks ago, and I got them today! I went right out and got some Bombay Sapphire Gin, limes, and tonic water, so I could christen my new babies immediately. […]
Yum, yum!! I got some ground bison meat from Fresh Direct on Saturday, so I thought I’d give it a go for dinner last night! Topped with an heirloom tomato from the farmers’ market, a slice of red onion, a sprinkle of gruyere cheese, ketchup, and on stone-ground/whole-wheat, sourdough toast (also from the farmers’ market) […]
It’s been a very long time since I’ve been in the mood to post. Maybe it’s the nice weather, the fact that I am engaged in a 9-5 work-like activity again (and therefore less scatterbrained), or perhaps it was fabulous company of my brooklynite girly pals the other night, but here I am! After about a year of scheduling […]
