As of five thirty yesterday afternoon, I am on my beach vacation. We left Baltimore Friday and headed to Raleigh for my cousin Elizabeth’s wedding. After a wonderful and fun filled wedding weekend and lunch with my sweet friend Julia and my mom, we packed up and drove to Morehead City. Today we’ll take the [...]
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Pickled Okra
Okra is one of those vegetables that people feel passionately about. Either they love it, with a dedicated, all consuming love, or they hate it. Dan and I fall into opposite ends of the okra spectrum. He doesn’t want it within ten feet of his plate (or at least no closer than my side of [...]
Peach Habanero Jam
I’m not sure when Dan and I became the kind of people we are today. And by “the kind of people we are” I don’t mean Firefly watching, unicorn joke making, shirts that light up owning geeks. I mean people that attempt to grow as much of their own food as possible, who bake their [...]












