• It's all vile to me

    Carob.  Whole Wheat.  Carrot Juice. No McDonald's. Staples in my diet as a child. I wasn't allowed to eat at McDonald's as a kid. I was convinced it was some bastion of great tasting food because all my friends ate there often and thought their foo...

  • Give me a C. Give me an S. Give me an A.

    One of the great things about living in the Willamette Valley is our local produce.  The Willamette Valley used to be a lake (Lake Allison)  a bazillion years ago and as such we have some nice soil here.  As I was plucking some tomatoes off my vines...

  • A day at the market

    I am a first generation American: my mother was from Finland and my father from Greece.  I was fortunate to be able to go to Finland several times as a child and spend time with my grandparents and cousins.  One of my memories was walking downtown wi...

  • In search of the perfect strawberry...

    I always relish June 1 every year.  Typically Oregon strawberries start to ripen and are just waiting to be plucked and eaten.  Every year we take the kids to a local u-pick and pick strawberries.  We eat a lot of them over the winter so we pick a b...