We’ve all been hearing about “Meatless Mondays” for a while now.  It has been around since 2003 and was started at Johns Hopkins University as a means to get people to eat less meat while eating healthier one day a week.   Lots of celebs have joined this effort, from Oprah to Denise Richards, not […]

Happy St. Patrick’s Day everyone!  And I mean everyone, because in America, everyone seems to be Irish on March 17th!!  And of course I must support this and throw my (mostly German) hat into the ring as well.  I love St. Patrick’s Day.  Any day that comes with many parades, amazing Irish dancers, everyone wearing […]

or Joyeux Mardi Gras!  or Happy Paczki Day!  Whatever cultural path you want to take on this day before the Christian religion’s Ash Wednesday,  Enjoy yourself!  It has typically been the day to indulge oneself (or in earlier times – use up) any of the items generally fasted on through Lent. Lard, Sugar, Eggs and […]

As we enter November, I am saddened to realize that the two months most famous outside of Germany for beer drinking have come and gone….  As one might like to think the huge celebration known as Oktoberfest does not actually take place in October, but September.  Nonetheless on this side of the pond those of […]

For the past several weeks our CSA box has been giving us a (nearly) obscene amount of sweet and hot peppers.  I realize in the dry heat where the farm is located that they must be ripening extremely fast, but I have had a hard time coming up with ways to use them all up! […]

This week we find ourselves nearly half way through the month of September!  When did that happen?  I apologize for my absence over the past month, as I was focusing on the launch of my website – www.savorypear.com .  I am back and eager to share with you my culinary adventures from the past few […]