Cook the Convent: Stuffed Artichokes

Cook the Convent: Stuffed Artichokes

One of the great things about Cook the Farm is the other people. We inherited a group of 10 people to plant seeds and bake bread with. Most nights, we cook in the convent kitchen together.  This is not a romantic kitchen. It’s erratically outfitted (including but not...
Sicily: Welcome to the Land

Sicily: Welcome to the Land

A girl waved at us before we realized we made it. We thought it might be a mistake, racking our brains for the pictures in our Cook the Farm class bios.Those friendly faces definitely recognized us. Brent and I met up with the rest of our CTF classmates on Wednesday...
Arriverderci! Away to Sicily!

Arriverderci! Away to Sicily!

Today is the day Brent and I fly to Sicily. We’ll spend 13 hours in the air, stop in four airports, and land in three countries. We can’t wait. We’ve been doing our assigned reading this week, from books about the cooking school, to the history of Sicily, and the...
Eat Your Way Around Toronto

Eat Your Way Around Toronto

People joke that Toronto is a cleaner New York. Also much friendlier. It is all that and more. Toronto is a splendid town, a fabulous mix of historic and modern architecture, a melting pot of dozens of nationalities and cuisines. Brent and I took a double decker bus...
We’re Going to Cooking School!

We’re Going to Cooking School!

Brent and I have exciting news! This January we’ll head to cooking school at Cook the Farm in Sicily. Cook the Farm is a 10-week intensive program that covers everything from wine to honey, wheat and grains to olive oil. And it’s in Sicily, on a farm and vineyard...
A Day in Monterey Bay

A Day in Monterey Bay

California is a confusing place to me. The light is piercing white or amber gold and the landscape is both lush and rugged (at least in Central California, Brent’s old stomping grounds).   Monterey, though, well, Monterey does not confuse me. This is a seaside town...