I had so many tomatoes this year, I could afford to go beyond salsa. And since we’ve become addicted to pouring a red taco sauce on all our Mexican food, I knew right were to take the leftovers. Tresa’s Taco…
Seedling Success
Never in my life have I been successful at starting seedlings. Well, I take that back. One time I was successful, but it was the great poppy explosion of ’08 that resulted from my dumping an entire package of seedlings…
Year of Pleasures: House Tour
While I was in LA over the weekend I had to drive through a residential neighborhood in Beverly Hills. It wasn’t a particularly drop dead fancy neighborhood (until it was) but these houses still had to cost millions of dollars…
Recipe: Homemade Salsa
Salsa has to be one of the best possible ratios of work to reward. Tell people you make your own salsa, or better yet, bring some with you when you get invited someplace, and they’ll treat you like you’re a…
Salsa Season
My stove has been going full time for two days and so far I’ve only gone through three out of ten boxes of tomatoes. And I leave town on Thursday for nearly a week. Um…I might have gotten a wee…
Year of Pleasures – Tomatoes!
One of the best parts of living in Modesto – the produce. I drove to a local tomato distributor and for $70 I bought 250 lbs of tomatoes. Last year was a marinara year, this year it’s all about salsa.…
Tutorial: Bubble Glass Painting
I got my hands on some of the Martha Stewart glass paints, and I instantly had about five different ideas of what I could do with them. I settled on an idea I had for an ombre inspired technique (it…
What I’m Eating: Egg Salad Sandwich
I have the hardest time making myself an actual lunch. What I end up eating every day is so often a bit of cheese and a bit of bread because it takes no time to assemble. I’ve tried stocking up…
Year of Pleasures: Sushi
Good sushi is not easy to come by in Modesto. It’s not exactly a place known for cosmopolitan tastes. A new natural foods grocery store opened up and I decided to be brave and try a simple crab roll. It…
Crafting for the stars
So this happened. And that bonnet he’s holding? On the far right? I made it. My dear dear friend Joanna wrote a book, talked about it on the Daily Show, and so on behalf of Mormons everywhere I made him…