Recipes flowers :

Conquering my Fear of Frying - Ricotta Stuffed Zucchini Flowers

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For a long time I refused to engage in any kind of frying in the kitchen. By frying, I mean the sort of cooking that involves a reasonable pool of oil to be in the pan, bubbling and spitting like Mount Vesuvius, mid-eruption. Chips, for example, do[...]

Flowers in the Park, Perfect Weather, Hair Washing, Paid vs. Unpaid Work

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Hi Friends!  Happy Labor Day Weekend!   I hope you are all having a glorious weekend, spending it with friends, family, and loved ones.  That's what it's all about!   I have been working and am pretty beat but did trek[...]

chef it yourself top chef challenge: edible flowers, shallots and beef

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For the last three months I've been promising Anamaris of Chef it Yourself that I would participate in her Top Chef challenge. This month I finally got my s*@t together in time to do it. Each month Anamaris names a couple of "mystery"[...]

Top Chef It Yourself Challenge: Getting My Moo On With Corkwood Flowers And Chive Blossoms In Shallot Sauce

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For this month's Top Chef It Yourself Challenge, last month's winner, Casey, the author of the blog Eating, Gardening & Living In Bulgaria , chose the following ingredients for this month's challenge.  She specified shallots,[...]

Top Chef It Yourself Challenge: Getting My Moo On With Corkwood Flowers And Chive Blossoms In Shallot Sauce

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For this month's Top Chef It Yourself Challenge, last month's winner, Casey, the author of the blog Eating, Gardening & Living In Bulgaria , chose the following ingredients for this month's challenge.  She specified shallots,[...]

Cooking with Flowers~Anise Hyssop Pound cake with Anise Hyssop Cream

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Remember when you were little and during Easter you would pick out the black jelly beans? I must have been the only child who loved them, and I still do. I love the taste of licorice which is why I simply adore this pound cake. There is more[...]

Recipes, and Reviews

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Now that my apartment is properly perked with flora, I am a much happier lady.  I stopped by the market on my way home to pick up some flowers in honor of, well, Monday I suppose!  Purple pom pom's and a baby green hydrangea Now, in[...]

All choked up

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Artichokes are one of my most favorite foods. When we were younger, my parents would buy them as a special treat. I was more excited by this than a more normal child might have been by a Twinkie or a trip to Pizza Hut . I loved the unusual flavor[...]

Honeysuckle Tilapia

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1 cup of honeysuckle blossoms 3 or 4 tilapia filets 3 heaping tablespoons of honey 4 cloves of garlic, finely chopped 2 tablespoons of butter 2 tablespoons Lemon juice water Gently rinse honeysuckle blossoms, being[...]

The Invention of Lying

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Evenin’! I feel like I’ve been here, there and everywhere today! I lounged in bed for awhile this morning, ocassionally doing laundry while listening to the rain pitter patter, then headed over to my parent’s house to make Gyoza[...]