Posts tagged as: booze

Homemade Holidays: Vanilla Extract

November 14th, 2011 - posted under: The Food » Recipes

This project calls for vodka. Do try and keep it away from the baby . . . Have you started making your holiday gifts yet? What?! It’s already that time of year again? I know, I know . . . This is a project that i’ve been meaning to do for years – yes, literally [...]

Garden Recipe: Green Rocket Soup

October 8th, 2009 - posted under: The Food » Recipes

What can I say, it’s soup season right? So bring on the soup! And this one’s got ‘seasonal’ down to a science, perfect for harvest potatoes, autumn apples, and of course, the rocket. I grew some garden rocket myself this year (you may know it as arugula, or roquette) but it couldn’t weather the summer’s [...]

Garden Recipe: Vegan Shepherd’s Pie

September 29th, 2009 - posted under: The Food » Recipes

Well guys, autumn is here and that means it’s time to bring on the comfort foods. And not just any comfort foods mind you, but homegrown comfort foods. This meal is easy, sloppy-good, and totally hearty. Oh, and did I mention it’s delicious? Ingredients: 2 large potatoes (Russets are traditional but why go traditional? Any [...]

Recipe: Mezcal Grilled Pineapple

June 23rd, 2009 - posted under: The Food » Recipes

  In my hometown, Summer Solstice is a great grand affair. There’s a crazy parade with open entry, an annual theme and floats and stilts and bikes and trikes and costumes and ART, everywhere. It draws all kinds of people, and the little ones run wild like tiny face-painted gremlins, while the last of the [...]

Itty Bitty Bonzai #2

February 6th, 2009 - posted under: Furthermore » Itty Bitty Bonzai

Itty Bitty Bonzai is a collection of tiny tips and tricks for living a life more mindful.  Small actions, collectively and compounded, become a powerful force of change.   #2  If there’s two things I love, it’s wine and recycling!  Sound random?  Well I don’t know about you, but I’ve been saving my wine corks for [...]