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Growing up I thought that mushroom meant those little white button mushrooms that you buy in a blue styrofoam container.  But eventually I discovered the world of mushrooms, and what a wonderful world it is!  Mushrooms vary in texture and flavor, and one of my…

These are the oysters I served at our all local ingredient Christmas dinner party last week.  If you head there and watch the video you’ll see Eric and I eating ours raw!  But not everyone likes raw oysters, so here’s a really simple recipe for…

For this month’s 24, 24, 24 event I proposed preparing food for a big party using ingredients that were locally produced, grown, and made.  Some ingredients I used were ones that I canned or froze over the summer months.  But most of the ingredients were…

Blueberry week part 2 is a savory blueberry balsamic reduction that is amazing over salmon.  The one side dish of our meal that didn’t have blueberries was our domino potato squares.  Both of these dishes were a first time experiment and a lot of fun. …