I like the Sunday farmers market because parking is easier and I get what I need  quickly. I also have more opportunity to talk with the vendors and discover things I might have missed otherwise.…

Fresh water with a hint of strawberries and mint. Look for this display at the Sunday farmers market in the Camino Real Shopping Center. An elegant example of how a little attention to artistic detail…

In our case it was the eggs. Dare 2 Dream Farms sells eggs at the Isla Vista Co-op. These rich orange-yolked eggs have a sweetness that takes breakfast to a new dimension. It’s best to…

We got up early this morning to go to the Fisherman’s Market to buy some freshly caught fish directly from our local Santa Barbara fishermen. I bought sea urchin while my husband Dave chose some…

Formerly the shy one, Frida has been acting really strange lately. Even the other four chickens think she has been possessed by an alien being. Then last night Shaun found this in their nesting box.…

On a visit to Martian Ranch and Vineyard to learn more about their farming methods, I tasted the syrah grapes still hanging on the vine, sweet, ripe, and ready to pick. Winemaker Michael Roth let…

I promised I’d go back and blog about some previous kitchen adventures, so I’ll start with our Pasty Party last August. I’m lucky to have friends who are great cooks. Bob and Dianne Armitage used…

I figured since it’s almost Easter, we should make bunny houses. The graham cracker version of a gingerbread house looked pretty easy in the photos on the Internet. So I gathered together some ingredients and…

I’m a bit behind on blog posts. This, of course, doesn’t mean that there hasn’t been a lot of cooking in my kitchen, just not enough time to write about it. I’ll backtrack a little…

Yesterday was our annual Cookie Bake. It has been 16 years since we started this tradition. My family really likes to bake cookies. Our grandparents made lots of cookies and candy during the holidays, and…