Jacky Hackett: Cooking, eating, reading, riding my bike that goes nowhere — living my best porch life.
Just like riding a bicycle, except the bike has been locked up so long you can’t find the key. You dig thru all your cabinets and try every last key you can find, the mystery keys you just can’t throw away. You try the keys you know would never work. Reopening cabinets over and over hoping the…
St.Patrick’s Day comes early to our parts, it kicks off today with the local parade. One of the highlights of the year! It has been a busy few weeks, months, and I am heading out of town Sunday night so I haven’t had much time prepare. If I had more time I would be in…
Pardon me while I get this all out of my brain, lots of random goodness… We are all caught up on our current TV shows now that Downton Abbey wrapped up for the season. Anyone watching House of Cards on Netflix? Good stuff so far, about half way through all the episodes. Lots of great…
Random reading, a few things that caught my eye this week… Oh my gosh, who doesn’t love cute puppies! The husband loves Greek food, I am going to have to give these Greek style quesadillas a try soon. Amazing picture Google maps capture over Hyde Park in Chicago. Love this idea for a book wreath,…
I’m here! A few housekeeping items to still take care of but for the most part the new site is just done. Yippee! To celebrate I am giving away a $45 CSN Stores gift card. Leave a comment and I will pick a winner next week The winner is Jody! The odds are in your…
The Green City Market’s Locavore Challenge starts today. The challenge; How often do you think about where your food comes from?…Pledge to eat all local, all the time…well, at least for two weeks in September. Sign up below and we’ll send you the Green City Market Locavore Kit that includes valuable information on how to…
One of my favorite podcasts, The Because Show, is taking part of something called the Summer Food Project 2010. We are linking to other podcasts and other blogs, in the last week of July (or maybe the first week of August?) as we all record or post on a common theme: Summer Food. Read more…
Our friends shared some of their homegrown Melrose peppers with us. I cut into one of them to spice up the summer squash pickles and was greeted with a smiley face.
The 2010 Winter Olympic Games kick-off tonight with the opening ceremony. This year’s big Olympic story though isn’t so much the athletes, but the snow. The lack of snow I should say. They are having to use machines to turn water into snow and are even trucking some snow into the area. These efforts go…