Category: Childhood Foods

Three weekends ago my spouse and I decided to go pick blueberries. Because it is beastly hot here, we got up as early and possible and drove to Moorhead’s Blueberry Farm in Conroe, TX. We each got a medium size bucket and over the course of two hours picked 12 pounds of blueberries. Most of […]

This week’s CSA box had the following vegetables and fruits Cauliflower Spring Onions Peaches Cherry Tomatoes Steak tomatoes Micro Greens Bell Peppers Cucumbers Brussels’s Sprouts Arugula with Mizuna/Red lettuce [singlepic id=194 w=320 h=240 float=left] I got SO many peppers this week that I’m going to make one of my childhood favorites – Stuffed Peppers. This […]

Growing up one of the quick meals that my mom used to make when I was a kid was pasta with sauted peppers and onions. This is a dish you often see served at Greek restaurants particularly if the sausage used is Loukaniko. For those of you who are not familiar with Loukaniko it is […]

So many of my childhood memories revolve around food that it is difficult to not to be drawn back into the past by particular tastes, smells, or experiences. That happened to me today when a couple friends and I who were in Seattle for a conference went to Salumi for lunch. For those who don’t […]

My maternal grandfather’s family is Greek. So from a very young age I learned how to make several key Greek classics. One of the most important of these was spanokopita or in my family simply ‘pita. There are a couple times of year when ‘pita is typically served. Greek Easter is one such time and […]