March 25, 2012

Baby Ramps 2012!!



The ramps are here...three weeks early! I'm so in love with these wild, harbingers of spring, and we will be celebrating them in the kitchen starting later this week! :-)

March 15, 2012

Cous Cous Stuffed Chickens



Roasted John Boy's chickens stuffed with toasted Israeli cous cous scented with white truffle oil, fresh herbs and local farmstead cheeses, yum!!

March 12, 2012

A Pig Dog in the Sun...



Well here she is, our mascot, Miss Mischka Lou, basking in the 70 degree sunshine, on this amazing day! Many seedlings were started today for the 2012 Erica's Kitchen garden, lots of heirloom tomatoes of course!

March 5, 2012

Chicken Stock



There's nothing better than homemade chicken stock, slowly simmered with aromatic vegetables and fresh herbs. Oh, and of course the chickens are from John Boy!

March 4, 2012

Cookbooks on a Sunday Afternoon



A sunny Sunday afternoon in our living room, with a stack of cookbooks to get lost in and inspired by. Ahhh, what a way to end the week, and begin my "day off". :-)