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Waist Deep - Milking an Almond

    Almost everyone I know has at one time or another milked a cow. Not because they neighbour a…

The Nutty Trail Granola Bar

Back in the day, when I was a more adventurous, less fearful, anxiety amped individual, I would…

Those Gregarious Greens - Sweet Greens Smoothie

I grew up in a really awkward time for food and health regulations. The 80s.

*STAR WIPE * My…

Open Face Portobello Sandwich - BONUS cashew cheese and miso marinated tofu recipe

When you’re a kid, you tend to take on some of your parents personal angst or habits. Some more…

Chicken Soup for the Soul: A Pot of Simmering Memories

In my early years, every other week, my father would come pick us up from my mothers and like…

Burnt Eggplant Soup and some late fall customs

This past month we were spoiled with an Indian summer. When most would be bundling up in their…

Fall...into Pumpkin Pie

Quite literally, if I had the opportunity to fall face first into an oversized bowl of perfectly…

Root Vegetable Tarte Tatin

The past few weeks have been a little crazy ever since I took on an apprenticeship at a bread…

Stocking Up: Pickles, Preserves & Mental Foibles

Although I am at times plagued by a tendency to slip into the negative, I try in each of those…

Waist Deep: Curing & Smoking Salmon

Jews have a lot of bragging rights when it comes to food. Ethereally chewy bagels pipping hot from…

Waist Deep: Basic Sourdough Bread

Twa’s the week that was gluten, her hands kneading dough.

Steaming hot from the oven, the crumb…

Waist Deep Wednesday: Creating and Maintaining a Sourdough Starter

Baking is one of those true transcendent experiences. In a world where we are inundated with tools…

Spiced Lentil Salad

I’m not sure whether it’s been the lack of sun or the very few and far between typical mid summer…

Waist Deep Wednesday's: Homemade Creamy Ricotta & Pickled Nectarin Summer Salad

It’s been awhile since I amused you in a Waist Deep Wednesday post. I promise I haven’t neglected…

POPSICLE FEVER: Chunky Coconut Lime & Lemony Raspberry Mint

There’s nothing that represents summer more for me than popsicles. I lived off them as a kid. I…

Coconut Crunch Tres Leches Cake & thoughts on getting older

  Time is a really funny thing. Yesterday I turned 27, an age I’ve been anxiously anticipating for…

Quickie Condiments 'Scape MAYO'

Today, I’m going to force myself not to indulge in my typical long winded post and keep with the…