I hope you all had a holiday that suited your needs. For those that needed to travel and get away, I hope that you were able to honor that. For those that needed to spend time at home, in quiet and rest, I wish that you were able to fulfill that need. In a world of near-constant outside stimulation from multiple media devices and crowded work settings, it can be challenging to recognize your own rhythms and needs. Even when you identify what you are needing or wanting, it can

As this is not exactly a regular menu week, I wanted to send out a holiday note to all of you on both my lists. I hadn't planned on sending out a newsletter at all...BUT... as I started gathering the recipes for the pre-orders that I had received, I just got so excited that I had to share these recipes and photos with you. If you see this today and feel as bursting with excitement as I do, then by all means place an order. I will be delivering/ arranging pick-ups tomorrow eve

So many recipes, so little time! Thanksgiving is a particularly wonderful holiday to cook for because the entire holiday centers around eating. During other holidays, you squeeze a meal in around other activities. However with Thanksgiving, there is nothing much else happening besides cooking and eating. Of course, for many folks, this is a time to get together with and celebrate family, and that is all done... When? While cooking and eating! I'm telling you, this scenario is

I should be thinking of sumptuous, sensual descriptions for this week's menu, and yet I am thinking about music. That is because I have developed a system of putting in all the titles and photos and respective links first and then going back to compose the text. While I do all the technical work (and hopefully not mixing up any of the numerous links) I listen to music. This morning I got completely carried away by listening to The Hanumen. This kirtan band has some seriously

I am used to our food coming out somewhere between mildly and wildly awesome. The past two weeks I made something that was more on the "eh-it's-okay to truly-not-good" spectrum. If you don't know which preparations I am talking about, then bless you my child. However I know, and those of you who were bold enough to complain, you know that I know that you know. So my first reaction was to do something that I have seen my son do many times - throw my cooking spoons on the floo