Dark Days: Kale & Arugula Salad with Roasted Acorn Squash
So, global climate change anyone? After this weekend (and again tonight–we’re having a thunderstorm now of all things), I’d find it hard not to admit that climate change is something to ponder. 65 degrees and sunny one day, massive snow storm the next…Who’da thunk. Saturday, given the awesomeness that the weather was, G & I … Read more
Fermentation Workshop
A few weeks ago, a group of us gathered to discuss and try out different fermentation techniques. The class was led by my friend R and the topics ranged from kombucha to sourdough to kimchi and sauerkraut–more than enough ideas to bounce around when you’re just getting started. Although I knew a little about fermenting, … Read more
Dark Days: Not Really a Recipe Roasted Vegetables & Mash
This isn’t a recipe, it’s more of a meditation. These days I’ve been rushing around trying to get everything done–laundry, taxes, running, swimming, classes at the Y, cooking, other bits around the house–and I’ve realized that I’ve forgotten how to slow down, how to breathe, how to just chop some vegetables. I’ve also forgotten simple … Read more
Dark Days: Strawberry Chocolate Raw Cheesecake
That’s a pack of ginger chews in the background, by the way, not cigarettes! (smile) A day late and a dollar short with this Dark Days post, but, to put it delicately, let’s just say that I’ve gotten to know our house’s toilet a little more intimately than I would have liked this week. I’m … Read more
Chateau Morrisette & Pho Saigon
Way back when (ok, actually the first weekend of January, I suppose), my father came to visit (our first house guest in Casa G!) and to share a little post-Christmas-Christmas with us. And no visit to Roanoke, in my opinion, is complete without a hike & visit to a winery. For the hike, we hit … Read more
Monday Archive: Roasted Parsnip Hummus
There are a lot of cool perks about my job–a low key office that’s very un-PC (in all the best ways), beer o’clock on Friday afternoon at 4, the fact that no one cared how I found all the extra monitors and set them up in my cube–but one of the newest awesome things is … Read more
Holy Taco–Atlanta
A few years ago (February 2008), chef Robert Phalen opened Holy Taco in East Atlanta. While that was still when I lived in Atlanta, I never made it to the restaurant graced with so much love by John Kessler, the food critic at the AJC, Besha and Cliff of Creative Loafing, and the host of … Read more
Dark Days: Orange-ish Broccoli & Bok Choy Stir Fry
This post was fully intended to make this week’s round-up, but things got a little off-kilter this week. It happens. But! Since each week’s post is due by Wednesday night and it’s now Thursday, let’s call this “look, Jes is ahead of schedule and already cooking something for the upcoming week’s Dark Days!” Shall we? … Read more
Dark Days: Broiled Cabbage with Lime Vinaigrette
This Dark Days post is going to be short & sweet as I’m feeling under the weather–but with such a simple, yet pleasing dish, there’s not much to say. Saturday, we forgot to go to the farmer’s market and, while I have winter squash and sweet potatoes on hand, I just didn’t have it in … Read more
Girls’ Night Out: Haru Ichiban–Atlanta
The week between Christmas and New Year’s, I jetted down to Atlanta for a couple of days to catch up with my family. We have a small but very complicated family, and given that my mother moved away from Atlanta a month after I moved north to Virginia, I don’t get to see anyone very … Read more
