Monday, October 27, 2008

bath time!

super cutie!

Friday, October 10, 2008

new do



Wednesday, October 8, 2008

pickling


finally got around to pickling some carrots and hot peppers from Gathering Together Farm. I'm excited to taste them! The recipe I used was made up by my chef brother-in-law. I tried some he made about a year ago which were a perfect balance of hot + sweet.

1 part apple cider vinegar
1.5 part sugar (i used turbinado sugar)
3 parts water
anise seed
coriander seed
black peppercorns
add all of them above to a stockpot, bring to boil and let simmer a few minutes. then strain and add to quart-size mason jars filled with sliced carrots, hot peppers, shallots, etc. yum!

pasquale was my helper.