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Author Archives: Rod Myers
CSA: Week 9
Okay, I’m falling behind in the blogging and for a while there we were falling behind in eating our CSA vegetables. Juliana keeps a list of our produce on a white board in the kitchen, and it was looking a … Continue reading
BrewZaPalooza 2013: The Brews
Last summer I got it in my head to throw a big party with a bunch of homebrew from our cellar and as many pizzas as I could stand to grill. I dubbed it BrewZaPalooza. It was so much fun … Continue reading
Posted in Beer, Homebrew
Tagged BrewZaPalooza, Dunkelweizen, Gose, IPA, Maibock, Porter, Saison, Stout
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CSA: Week 8
I’m working on a couple of posts about BrewZaPalooza, our big homebrew and pizza bash this past weekend, but in the meantime another week has passed and we have a new CSA share. We did well with last week’s share. … Continue reading
CSA: Review of Week 6
We did a good job of eating our way through this week’s CSA half share. Here are some of the highlights…. Even though it’s definitely feeling like summer outside, we made a turnip soup for a first course one evening. … Continue reading
CSA: Week 6
I’m a little slow with this week’s posting of the CSA share, but we were camping this weekend and I’m still trying to catch up with the online class I’m teaching this summer. Nevertheless, we’ve got a good start on … Continue reading
CSA: What We’re Eating Lately
I just received the weekly newsletter from Teresa at Heartland Family Farm and it looks like we’ll be getting more kohlrabi, zucchini, Swiss chard, spinach, and green onions, with Napa cabbage making its first appearance of the season. So I … Continue reading
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Tagged caramelized onion, green onion, quiche, smoothie, spinach, strawberry
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Pre-Hispanic Tacos
On our last evening in Playa del Carmen, we dined at a restaurant called Xuläm the Mayan Fisher (tripadvisor link). We’ve passed this place many times as it is at the south end of Fifth Avenue at the gated entrance … Continue reading
Posted in Mexican
Tagged ant eggs, ants, chicken mole, cochinita pibil, grasshoppers, maguey worms
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CSA: Week 5
This week’s CSA share has lots of familiar veggies, although this is the first appearance of Swiss chard this year. The braising greens look like they might be beet greens. Kohlrabi is new to our table. Apparently it’s a German … Continue reading
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El Fogon in Playa del Carmen, Mexico
Every few years we head down to Playa del Carmen, Mexico for a week of reading, relaxing, and eating authentic Mexican and Yucatecan cuisine. This was our fifth trip, and it’s always interesting to see how the town has changed. … Continue reading