by Marieke | Apr 16, 2018 | Food, Travel
Brent and I spent the last two weeks traveling around Italy. The roads are smooth, and civic infrastructure blessedly developed. But impressive city planning aside, we missed the wild and relatively un-traveled parts of Sicily, even Palermo. I say even Palermo because...
by Marieke | Mar 19, 2018 | Food, Travel
This is a post about two egg dishes. An egg dish to start your day and the other to end it. They are the brianchildren of our friend and Cook the Farm colleague, Annie. Annie is a master of deadpan comedy, always up for a card game, and has a mischievous streak that...
by Marieke | Mar 6, 2018 | Food, Travel
Brent and I spent two magical days in Syracuse last month, eating our way around the city and its island-next-door Ortygia. We’re talking a balmy seaside town, full of history, restaurants, and culture, clean and comparatively easy to navigate, a place where our...
by Marieke | Feb 18, 2018 | Food, Travel
On the weekends, we cook. We start with brunch, then have a late lunch, and an even later dinner. It’s usually a smaller group of us and we get our ingredients from the market, which means straight-from-the-dirt veggies, crisp rotisserie chicken, and fresh...
by Marieke | Feb 7, 2018 | Food, Travel
Fabrizia often asks us about the connection between landscape and cuisine. How does what we see out of our windows affect what ends up on our plates? I’ve been thinking about that question in terms of planting and consuming, and both perspectives clash with our...
by Marieke | Feb 2, 2018 | Food, Travel
“Pinch your nose and let the jelly bean sit on your tongue. What do you taste?” We kicked off our week with the physiology and psychology of taste. We talked about why and how we taste things and how to communicate flavor. Like jellybeans. You wouldn’t believe how...
