Hi! It's been so long since I've blogged with you. Sorry for my delinquency ... sometimes you just get so busy you don't have time to cook! Shameful.

Anyway, this weekend I trekked down to The Orchards on Sand Road (f ... Read More »

I defy you to find a recipe easier than this. The list of ingredients: 6! The taste: Delicious! I cribbed this from Rachel Morey's Asparagus Heaven class held last week at the Coralville store. She uses peppered Feta as opposed to chevre ... Read More »

That sounds good, a ‘little mistake’, right? But when you are working with converting an acre of wild pasture to a garden, a little mistake can easily become a big mistake.

Like many mistakes, this one started with a desire to control. I wanted to decisively stifle the pasture orchard grass, which spreads by underground runners. I wanted to suppress the giant thistles, which seem to relish the rototilling. Yay! More pieces to spring up, each a new plant!

So I bought garden fabric, laid it in place and covered it with wood chips. In our fledging year at Earth Source, we had practically no budget. So I got “the very cheapest” garden fabric. We laid some 35 paths 3 feet wide by 50 feet long to demarcate the individual garden plots. By the end of the season, the garden fabric was full of aggressive weeds, and was no longer effective.

What to do? We could not rototill because the fabric bound around the tiller. So laboriously we removed the fabri ... Read More »

It's good to know people. People who (unlike me) have travelled the world and savored the cuisine of countries I can barely find on a map.

My breakfast companion recently suggested we ha ... Read More »

Sometimes, it’s well worth it to drive a few miles out of town for dinner. New Pi staffers Robert Morey, Sue Andrews, and I (along with our significant others) attended a stellar “French Country Dinner” at ... Read More »

Saying "I love you" can sometimes be as easy as serving that special someone the meal they really want: steak & potatoes.

Through closing time on Sunday (February 14), New Pi's ... Read More »

I am, admittedly, a follower. A recipe follower, that is. For some, dumping a bunch of stuff in a pot and hoping for the best is a successful formula for culinary achievement. But for me, that hope-and-a-prayer type of cooking is, well, a major fail. I guess I just ... Read More »

The Redhead restaurant in Solon is sorely missed by those of us in foodie-land. Many a day I've reminisced about my all-time favorite Redhead entrée, the Steak & Blue Cheese Salad with ... Read More »

Oh the weather outside is white-ful, but inside, I'm dreaming green. Greens, actually. Big fat crunchy leafy greens.

This time of year, our bodies are aching for raw leafy greens. And where else but your Co-op can you find LOCAL lettuce ... Read More »

Here's some great information from the City regarding recycling your old holiday lights:

Recycle Those Old Holiday Lights Locally
Information courtesy of the City of Iowa City Read More »