Happy St. Patrick’s Day! I hope you can take today to relax, wear some green and cook some Irish-inspired, green things! Crisp up some kale. Whip up some colcannon. (Psst…it’s just mashed potatoes with cabbage or kale.) Enjoy a piece of super sharp Irish cheddar. Or try my new favorite veg: sauteed cabbage with onions. […]
Thinking Fruitful
Best Tomato Sauce Ever
Have you ever had a dish that tasted incredibly delicious but was so simple? This pasta sauce falls into this category. I stopped using pasta sauce from the jar about a year ago because it always seemed to just sit in the fridge and eventually go bad. And most jarred sauces have a lot of […]
Going Seasonal
A few days ago I wrote about Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, a fabulous book that has changed the way I think about food in many ways. It focused a lot on the positive, lasting impact of seasonal eating and buying locally. It’s amazing, when you think of it, how greatly the quality and taste of our […]
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
There’s this book that I’ve had on my “need to read” list for the past like 6 months. And I finally decided to give up my years-long mystery book streak to read “Animal, Vegetable, Miracle” by Barbara Kingsolver. I read one of Kingsolver’s novels (The Poisonwood Bible) in high school and then recently I found […]
The Hive Bar Review
There’s a new bar and restaurant in town that I have been anticipating for months! Ever since I heard that the snazzy and few-of-a-kind 21c Museum Hotel was coming to Bentonville, I was hoping that it would bring with it a great restaurant and bar…and it did! And I got even more excited when I learned that […]