Happy Thanksgiving Week! Where are y’all at? Are you fiendishly planning your meal or side dish that you’re bringing to someone else’s meal? Are you just working another day or two before enjoying a relaxing few days off? Well, I hope that your week is filled with fun and relaxation and good food, as well […]
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Tarte Tatin & Apple Picking
We’re in apple season, which means that if your crisper drawer isn’t full of red, green or yellow crisp ones, then you’re not doing it right. We got the privilege to go apple picking in Virginia last weekend, so our crisper drawer is happily full and pies, crisps and tarts are in our future, not […]
Fruitful Friday Fun: Pizza Fish
I hope y’all like alliterations…and pizza…and food adventures. Of course you do. You’re a think fruitful reader after all. I’m hoping to do a few more of these “Fruitful Friday Fun” posts in the future because we all need to take a little adventure and enjoy some fun on Fridays. The Backstory So, here’s the story. […]
Creamy Pumpkin Soup
Sometimes experiments are worth it. When I decided to roast a whole heirloom pumpkin, I had no clue that it would make its way into three dishes at our house. It was an Indian River pumpkin, one of those rust-colored, Cinderella-type gourds, and it was a bit of an adventure cutting it into quarters. But […]
Ingredient of the Month: Nutmeg
It’s no surprise that a spice like nutmeg would be the Ingredient of the Month for October/November (I’m cheating a little bit to bridge these two months). It’s an important part of our American pumpkin pies. It spices up our cookies and cakes. It’s often an afterthought or clouded by that cousin, cinnamon. But maybe […]