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i just made a quince ricotta and apple tart. 1st layer: quince compote/jam (cook quince down in butter with lemon zest cinnamon and nutmeg) spread on tart crust 2nd layer whole milk ricotta mixed...

If i am not cleaning dishes as I go along. When i get a point ready to wait i love pouring a glass of wine, going to the couch listening to music and reading the paper. I love relaxing like this!

On Monday I made a squash and zucchini pizza. Thinly sliced the squash and zucchini placed on pizza crust with Basil pesto on it. Then added roasted eggplant slices and goat cheese. It was deli...

Julia Child shows viewers how to kill a lobster in this manner with her usual wit. It is one of my favorite episodes of Julia. She does it because she thinks this technique also brings out the bes...

I've been making pizza like crazy lately with trader joes 99 cent dough and just putting different things on. it is a great party thing to do too. that way you have all kinds of varieties.

I manage a local farmers market in DC and one of our farmers brought me a gift of raw milk butter. It was so indulgent to eat my baguette last night smeared only with butter. YUM! Lu...

I love to make Rhubarb compote by heating with sugar and butter until mushy. Then I keep it in a air tight container and spoon over fresh plain yogurt from the market! It is so simple yet so good...

OMG!!! This is the Perfect Idea! The best combination of everything I love! Luke The New Urban Sharecropper http://newur...

garlic, rosemary, red pepper flakes, butter. That is all. Luke The New Urban Sharecropper http://newurbansharecroppers....

This looks absolutely delicious. I have been eating avocado's non- stop lately this is the perfect time for perfectl...

I have been using squarefood gardening since i was in the third grade and this year I got a garden plot in a neighbors back yard thanks to http://www.sha...

Trader Joes has great pre-made pizza dough in three varieties: plain, herb, whole wheat. And it is only $0.99. I made a gr...

I always have morels at least once a year. Most of the time to retain the distinctive morel flavor, 1) i soak in salt water for 15 min. 2) slice 3) slice in rings a shallot in olive oil and butter...

You can also follow my adventures in backyard gardening on my new blog: the new urban sharecropper http://newurbansharecroppers.blo...

Book Recommendations: The new Square foot gardening by Mel Barthalemew. It is great, he has small space gardening down to a precise science. Try just a 4x4 to begin with. I've been doing it th...

ah found it http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=sr_list_3&listing_id=19420169

I wanna know where they got the block print calendar on the other wall

been lusting after it for a while

Also the 14th and U market accepts WIC and Senior Fresh Market vouchers

In addition to the listed markets there are two fairly new markets in DC: 1) the 14th and U market every saturday from 9am - 1 pm. this is a producers market and has producers from VA...