A Full Meal, Over Three Days

Round three of delicious homemade bread was the most delicious yet, and round four (sourdough) is bubbling up now. I really get a kick out of making bread, especially when the instructions are all: "Don't forget to feed your starter! Remember, it's a living creature!"


To be honest though, I started with dessert. Magnolia's recipe for chocolate cupcakes and a simple buttercream icing. I improvised a little and added peppermint extract to the icing. In case you can't tell, the raspberries on three of the cupcakes spell out: "TOD", ie, transit-oriented development.

And today, after picking up our CSA box, I was feeling inspired and threw together a roasted vegetable medley of Kabocha Squash (apparently chefs will sometimes use this as a substitute for pumpkin. I don't blame them--it's delicious.), red daikon, a couple of radishes, potatoes, and onions. Roasted vegetables are the best.

Check to see if there are CSA pickup points in your neighborhood: NYC, Chicago, and Hartford, to name a few.