cranberry ricotta tarts
Ah… the holidays. The time of year when social calendars overflow with opportunities to spend time with friends and family. Houses filled with laughter and so many people that the windows fog up on the inside. Expanded dining room tables, covered in special occasion...
chipotle yam and corn chowder
You know those big, kraft bags for leaves that they sell this time of year? The ones that come neatly folded in groups of five held together tightly by a plastic band? For my friends in the southern part of the country that are still basking in the sun, I know I'm...
alleyween
It's unbelievable how far we've come. It was this time last year when we had our first event in the plaza – a chili cook-off and pumpkin carving. Neighbors timidly came out with their crock pots. Still mostly strangers, it took a little coaxing to get the pumpkin...
honey poached pears with mascarpone
The thing about dessert is that it can be the nail in the gastronomical coffin. Chances are good that it has at least followed a main course. Possibly soup or salad. Maybe there's been appetizers before that. If it's a dinner party at our house, it's likely been all...
my version of the chili scramble from prasad
A couple months ago I went to Prasad in Portland, Oregon and I haven't been able to stop thinking about their chili scramble ever since. In fact, I wrote about it here a few weeks ago, with a teaser that I might be trying to replicate it. And so I did... try that is....
baked pumpkin oatmeal
Might as well jump on the pumpkin band wagon as it seems like all the cool kids are doing it! I was in Trader Joe's a few days ago and every end aisle facing the cash registers was filled with pumpkin products. Pumpkin tortilla chips. Pumpkin butter. Canned pumpkin....
bistro onesix on october #unprocessed
Tomorrow is a big day for Bistro OneSix... it's the first time I've been asked to contribute to another website and it's a campaign that I couldn't be more excited about. When I met Andrew Wilder back in February at Camp Blogaway I knew him mainly as the guy who was...
no sugar, pumpkin spiced apple chips
The 6th Annual October Unprocessed is well underway and I'm doing my best to stick to my pledge. I don't approach this challenge with the absolutes that some do (hence the almond milk latte I had this morning) but I do use it as an opportunity to be more mindful of...
edible reads – one hour cheese
Summer found me spending most of my time on the alley project, but I did managed to get a book review done for the fall 2015 edition of Edible Idaho. One Hour Cheese by Claudia Lucero Making cheese at home can seem like an impossible task between the...
my husband is a genius
There seems to be two common questions by guests to the alley project. The first is almost always an inquiry on what we had to do to get our alley paved. A close second is where did we get the cool concrete posts for our raised beds. I have to give credit where credit...
the day KTBV channel 7 came to visit
It's been a few big weeks for the SNOW Block Alley project. First we had this awesome story in the Idaho Statesman. The week after, the Dirt Diva mentioned us on her weekly radio show on 94.9 the River. Then on Labor Day, as we were driving back from a wedding in...
prasad portland
I'm not a vegetarian, let alone a vegan, but I like to try new things. My husband? Well, he humors me sometimes but I think he generally prefers his breakfast with a side of pork. So when I found myself in Portland, Oregon recently, not only was I excited that I could...