A Sweet Something

I am having a little bit of a problem of abundance right now.  There’s still all those really wonderful seasonal ingredients rolling into the market, and I can’t keep up (must eat some more tomatoes, must get one more melon, oh, what about all that squash in the farm share??). The problem is compounded by [...]

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Cookbooks, Power and Politics

A few weeks ago, Jan Longone, the curator of the renowned Longone Culinary Archive at the University of Michigan’s Clements Library, dropped us a note inviting us to visit her new exhibit at the Clements, “The Old Girl Network: Charity Cookbooks and the Empowerment of Women.” I’m lucky enough to work steps away from the [...]

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Food News You Can Use in the Deuce

I bet you think this post is about tomatoes. Anne already did such a lovely job with that topic that I’ll just flash you some tomato confit and dash off some quick notes to let you know what I’ve noticed going on in the Ann Arbor Food World these days. New Good Local News Looking [...]

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Tomato Time

I’m not tired of them yet. Are you? We’re pretty far into the tomato season at this point, but I still can’t get enough. Unfortunately the Mr. Stripey heirloom tomato plant in a pot on my back deck has produced fruit but is taking forever to ripen. I think the long dry spell and my [...]

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Working with Available Resources

One of my household’s more painful end-of-summer rituals is the annual review of spending. Not nearly as much fun as the last swim of the year or a big bike ride out Huron River Drive.  This year it became apparent that our grocery spending was a little, ahem, out of hand.  Even when adjusted to [...]

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