Much of our extended family on both sides lives out of town. So when one is hosting Thanksgiving dinner for just a small group, one might b...

Yesterday I made an impromptu visit to the home of my walking buddy and I was lucky enough to have the added pleasure of meeting up with a...

Our salad tonight was simple and fresh. Each ingredient stood out on its own. The purple leaf lettuce came in our Roots and Shoots Farm CSA...

Both of our last two Roots and Shoots Farm CSA baskets included a beautiful delicata squash. Before doing CSA, I had never seen a delicata...

Chicken Pot Pie is usually pretty beige. Ordinary, reliable, plain, not complicated. Well, beige. Thanks to stash from my last two Roots a...

Our lastest CSA food basket from Roots and Shoots Farm came with a Salsa Making Kit and 'fast' instructions: "In order to enjoy...

Mustard greens, or mizuna, is sometimes said to be piquant, mild peppery flavor, slightly spicy. So when I decided to use them for the Food...

The risotto was another great side dish for our Food Day in Canada celebration this weekend. This recipe is adapted from one we found on t...

Our Food Day Canada 2010 party raged on from zucchini rolls to carrot and cilantro soup to a main course loaded up with many things green. ...

My two beautiful zucchinis from my Roots and Shoots Farm CSA basket this week became our appetizer for our Food Day Canada 2010 celebratio...

Food Day Canada was a great day to use produce from my latest CSA food basket from Roots and Shoots Farm . The soup I made incorporated al...

There is no picture of the pesto penne dinner tonight because it was that good. Gone before the idea of a camera entered our heads. I am at...

My first foray into kale was as beautiful purple cabbages ornamenting my garden. But my view of kale is changing. Yesterday's happy hou...

I am living the experience of participating in my first relationship with a CSA farm. This farm, Roots and Shoots , started sharing its bou...