September 2009

posted on September 23, 2009

Our local farmer's market is showing signs of fall. Winter squash and a local apples are taking the place of summer's tomatoes and fresh okra. I have to admit that I am quite excited about the change...I was getting a little tomatoed out! All the rain we…

posted on September 21, 2009

Big news from the chicken coop!  Mable laid two eggs over the weekend.  Hens have to be around six or seven months old to lay there eggs so we had our first farm fresh eggs for breakfast yesterday.  Hopefully Brownie and Fordie will follow in her footsteps and we will…

posted on September 14, 2009

The south is filled with amazing people, artisinal farms, and fabulous local ingredients for cooking. This summer I headed down to Savannah and visited with our good friend Ted Dennard, founder and owner of Savannah Bee Co. Ted gave me an amazing tour of his facility and taught…

posted on September 4, 2009

We have been lucky here in the south to have an amazing week of cooler temperatures, rare for this time of the year, but fitting since college football kicks off this weekend. A good friend of mine gave me an assignment this week that I hope to have accomplished…