Last Saturday Slow Food Bloomington and the Parks and Rec Dept. sponsored an heirloom tomato tasting at the Market and it was a sight to behold. A constant line of people patiently snaked its way to tables laden with every color and size of tomatoes, waiting to savor their different flavors, acid sharp and sugar…
Month: August 2006
Cooking for Zoë
Sorry for the silence this week; it’s been a tough one. What time I’ve spent in the kitchen has been devoted to cooking not for us but for Zoë. Zoë is our 12 1/2 year old shepherd mix, a gorgeous lanky girl who back in the day could run like an arrow, pluck a…
Potluck
I just had the most amazing lunch – a medley of leftovers from last night’s Slow Food potluck. Slow Food, if you are just joining us, is an international movement that celebrates, and increasingly advocates for, a way of eating that is local, sustainable, leisurely and fun. Read all about it here, here, and…
Watermelon and Goat Cheese
We all know the classic fruit and cheese combinations — grapes and brie, apples and cheddar, manchego and quince paste just to name a few. A couple of years ago I watched Dave Tallent do a cooking demo at the Bloomington Farmers Market where he made a salad with watermelon, feta, and tarragon, in…
Bloom
Went to the launch party for Bloom magazine last night at tutto bene. Bloom is a new (and free!) culture/lifestyle magazine “celebrating life in Bloomington” and it is fabulous – beautiful, glossy, and exciting. Bloom showcases the brilliantly artistic, the quirky, the plucky and compassionate, the quaint and funny in our town – attributes of…