October 4, 2023
Making apple butter would use a whopping 5 1/2 pounds of apples! No peeling, no hands on work at all until after many hours of baking in the slow cooker. This recipe was easy peasy… The fresh apples ready for their fate Spiced and sugared After the overnight… zombie apples! Read more…
April 10, 2023
Discovering the Pinkglow Pineapple in the local Wegmans was pretty exciting. I had never seen it before! Though I guess it’s a bit of a “thing,” yes. But its gorgeous hue and midcentury packaging inspired a quick vintage fruit salad photoshoot. The inside. Gorgeous fruit… How beautiful is this? Inspiration Read more…
August 6, 2022
Despite modern conveniences, our bodies are still hardwired from a long-gone time–where food scarcity threatened survival. Because of this, the body always wants food. Even with a ton of energy stored in fat, the body wants more. And eating less will often slow down metabolism, increasing fat storage as decreased Read more…
July 8, 2022
I really love hitting international grocery stores. Today is was Rochester’s Asia Food Market for summer roll ingredients… and a general exploration. Because Asian cuisines have been my go-to vegan friendly choice for over two decades. My goodies. Always like to stock up on agar agar powder for marshmallow making. Read more…
May 16, 2022
I heart strawberries. Not breaking these two up. Delicious lentil meat Cookies, again. I just can’t stop These gorgeous cookies And now some more baking… I feel like a bake for work more than I lesson plan Bring on watermelon season! I kinda love when my hair is bedheaded and Read more…
April 3, 2022
I have been feasting on all the colors, spending lots of time in my kitchen as of lately. Here are some pictures I have taken as these foods are in front of me, because I get excited enough to capture their beauty and vibrance before taking them in. My corner Read more…
February 28, 2021
Well, don’t eat them if you have kidney problems. Starfruit, or Carambola, can kill you. But if your kidneys are thumbs up, this subtle citrus racks up high presentation points and an okay taste. C’mon, what do you want? Inner and outer beauty and deliciousness? It’s the oxalate in the Read more…
September 6, 2020
The worst part about the last days of summer is that you are farthest away from her return. But she is not quite gone yet. There is still time to worship, to lay under her—for hours as she roasts you good and well, imparting her powerful rays onto your surface Read more…
August 11, 2020
It ain’t over till it’s over, I suppose. And with a mostly honored mandatory 2-week quarantine after my Virginia trip, I have plenty of scenes for part 11… before I go and get myself another mandatory quarantine after my big summer trip. But with punches, we roll. Making lemonade… watching Read more…
August 10, 2020
Dragon Fruit, or Pitaya, is usually a bit expensive. But my neighborhood produce shop Garden Hills, my go-to for quick, safe grocery shopping during this pandemic–and often my only human contact during the day, had a bunch for two-for $1! So I bought some. Mostly because alien egg-looking fruit is Read more…
July 20, 2020
Sunday’s produce delivery will not go to waste! Since freshness is difficult to get on the road, I prepared some snacks that will hopefully survive my cooler. Firstly, fruits with skins are generally good travelers. So apples, oranges, and plums are already prepped. But this huge beet would need some Read more…
September 10, 2019
Maybe I love these figs so much because I picked them myself. Off a tree. They were so plump, so sensual. Inverted flowers. Just like a woman. But it’s not just these figs I love. They’re one of my favorite things to bite, not that I go around keeping track Read more…
August 26, 2019
Phipps Ocean Park is the perfect beach. I have never seen the Atlantic Ocean like this. Bright and clear turquoise waters, shells, soft sands, pretty fishies, empty, free before 1 pm, and close by. And I was pleased to have a bit more success with the snorkeling equipment in the Read more…
August 12, 2019
Phew! I cleared out all my blog drafts. Just one of many ‘to do’s in advance of my trip. Now just a quick photo purge with just a smattering of words. Starting with some shelling at Fort Tilden in Queens. Stuck between a rock… I am hoping for better shelling Read more…
April 26, 2015
Imagine being the first to discover an orange accidentally piercing a thick, dull rind inventing a word to describe the burst a word to name the stickiness on your palms the stray rind in your teeth that tickles your tongue. Imagine the peachfuzz of a berry as a full-grown beard the blackberry’s Read more…