DawnHeather Simmons 17 Jun 2010, 01:56 PM

New Cookbook!

Reading “Ham,” by Bruce Weinstein and Mark Scarbrough. A very fun cookbook and vastly entertaining read. Highly recommended!

DawnHeather Simmons 27 May 2009, 06:33 AM

North to Alaska!

looking forward to lots of great seafood, and other yummy goodies.

DawnHeather Simmons 25 Apr 2009, 06:49 PM

Spaghetti sauce

It’s chilly here today, and it just seemed like the right thing to do...

DawnHeather Simmons 22 Apr 2009, 06:00 AM

From Denver...

A piece about Denver Urban Gardening project. http://cbs4denver.com/consumer/gardening.food.groceries.2.990831.html

DawnHeather Simmons 20 Apr 2009, 02:28 PM

Shopping on an empty stomach

Yeah, I know. We’re not supposed to do that. But my 11 o’clock appointment was cancelled at the last minute today because of a MAX train mishap, so I went to the super-mega-mart and found myself drifting along in front of the antipasti and olives counter... Loaded up a large container with layers of lovely marinated and pickled vegetables, cheeses, dolmades, olives, roasted garlic, etc., then picked up a boule of sourdough. Went to the park and had a lovely lunch in the sunshine. And have plenty of ideas on how to use the rest of the boule... So it wasn’t such a bad thing to shop on an empty stomach TODAY -- although it sure didn’t fit me into the $10 a week thing!!!

DawnHeather Simmons 19 Apr 2009, 08:12 PM

ooh! Yes! Balsamic Glaze is WONDERFUL!

My nephew and his wife took me to a place called Wine House in Norfolk, VA last December. We all shared a “White Cheese Plate” that had a varietyof cheeses, a couple of which were drizzled with basalmic glaze. Ooooh! YUM!!!

Also dying to “hear” the results on Kim’s cookies...

DawnHeather Simmons 17 Apr 2009, 11:21 AM

Obamafoodarama -- who knew? (Besides Kim)

Thanks for that. And the news IS encouraging! Because I have to agree with TeasIsFun: not many of us ask for added chemicals in our food!

DawnHeather Simmons 16 Apr 2009, 12:29 PM

The First Lady’s Organic White House Garden

The following item came across my desk a couple days ago, and it both frustrates and infuriates me: “The Mid America CropLife Association (MACA) has a bone to pick with Michelle Obama. MACA represents chemical companies that produce pesticides, and they are angry that - wait for it - Michelle Obama isn’t using chemicals in her organic garden at the White House. I am not making this up. In an email they forwarded to their supporters, a MACA spokesman wrote http://www.lavidalocavore.org/showDiary.do?diaryId=1309 , ‘While a garden is a great idea, the thought of it being organic made us shudder.’ MACA went on to publish a letter it had sent to the First Lady asking her to consider using chemicals -- or what they call ‘crop protection products’ -- in her garden. " I think this is totally nuts!!!