Some friends of mine are getting ready for a trip to Italy in March. I remember the first time I hit the ground there… The twenty minute taxi race from Vespucci Airport to Hotel Ariston on Via Fiesolana should have taken ten minutes more. No one died. Ample street width not apparently a priority here-the [...]
We’ve featured Maytag Blue (Iowa) at the restaurant since we opened and starting this weekend we’ll be featuring organicprosciutto from LaQuercia (Iowa).  We were fortunate enough to take a trip to Iowa a few years back and this is my take. I’ve been reading a lot about hog farming. A strange hobby, perhaps, for someone [...]
Scattered, scared, sleepless and so, so hopeful. That was the way of my brain, my gut, my nerves last October 19th, the night before we opened. 365 days later I feel more balanced, a bit more confident and so, so thankful to everyone who has supported us this first year. From our families, our business [...]
We pushed this one out. Birthing classes wouldn’t have mattered-it hurt! It seems like it should be longer, really. After soreness, post-partum and a zillion family members offering their well-rested advice-we’ve made it through year one. It seems longer to me. We’ve been so sleep deprived and moody, busting our butts to keep the baby [...]
I almost take it for granted now that we’ve been open nearly a year. Every Thursday the pig arrives, somewhere between 225 and 425 pounds. Michael puts on his hat and coat, moves the butchering table into the walk-in cooler and gets to work. Sometimes it’s a few hours, on salami days it’s more like [...]
Crisp fall day, the chill seems so new, yet so familiar…where the hell did I put the sweaters? Slept with the windows open, the morning so fresh, so clean, except the damn dog who was too cold to go outside pee’d the floor. Early fall activity day for me and the kids. Mom is off [...]
A whole-grain rice pilaf mix, some remarkable pork chops, an easy green salad…”dinner’s ready!” We sat around the table with reasonable posture and were on this occasion fully dressed. No one was screaming, hitting, spitting-I felt like I was a pretty good parent. After a bite the kids just sat there and looked at me. [...]
I think about pizza everyday, several, often many times each day. I’m not ashamed to say that I eat pizza at least four or five times a week, usually more. Recently I had a string of weeks where I managed pizza on six of seven days. Granted, I have easy access at the restaurant and [...]
Headed east on 15th Street last Saturday past the cemetery, past the strip joint…both spots full of intrigue and fear. Arrived at Pendleton’s under grey skies and the threat of rain, took a tractor ride out to the edge of a field. The kids scattered and got to work. An hour later we trudged back [...]
I’m not allowed to cook baby animals at the house anymore. Thanksgiving tradition blues pushed me to lamb a few years ago resulting in my oldest daughter going to the neighbor’s house where “they don’t cook babies!” She missed out-babies taste better than old fat birds. We rarely have the time or are willing to [...]
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