Tarte Tatin is a type of upside-down fruit tart consisting of pastry baked over slices of fruit arranged in caramelized sugar, served fruit side up after cooking. It is said to have originated in France in the 1800's when the proprietor of a hotel ...
Shrimp with Orange Chile Grill Sauce
I was shopping for groceries today when I turned around and spotted a product I don't recall having seen before. I have radar for spotting new products, so I am not sure how I missed these beautiful bottles of shiny sauces and salsas. Then I saw the ...
Garlic Steak Sandwich
I have been gone from my blog for far too long. Much of my time these days is devoted to working our vintage store, Echoes in Old Town Auburn. Much like hobby farming, operating a little vintage shop has long been a dream of mine. I had no idea how ...
Greek Chicken with Lemon Rice
I must have been hungry very early this morning because a picture of Greek chicken on Facebook stopped me in my tracks. At that moment, dinner plans were made. A big thank you to Recipe Tin Eats for the recipe and to Spend With Pennies for sharing ...
Sweet Heat Tomatillo Salsa
While waiting for paint to dry this afternoon, I made a batch of tomatillo salsa. This version is spicy from the pasilla pepper, sweet from the honey, and tangy from the tomatillos. You can easily adjust the heat and/or the sweet in this ...
Summer Clam Chowder
I'm back with a new recipe created just for summer. With temperatures in the 100+ range for the last week, the last thing I want to do is cook. The problem is, I saw a show on Food TV featuring clam chowder and I had to have some. It is entirely too ...
Lasagna…Three Ways
Michael worked at the shop today, so I was left home to putter in the kitchen. With fresh basil, Italian parsley, half a jar of marinara, and fresh mozzarella to use up, I had to make lasagna. I couldn't imagine a lasagna with just pesto sauce, so I ...
Mozzarella Onion Rings
My son and his family just left on Monday after a nice visit. On Saturday we hosted a little gathering of family, including my parents and my granddaughters. We'd had an early dinner, so when granddaughter Mandy pulled up a video of mozzarella onion ...
New Venture!
Just wanted to let readers know that we have not fallen and can't get up! We are up to our elbows in a new business venture. Six weeks ago we leased a small retail space and just two weeks ago opened, Auburn Vintage Market. We are selling refinished ...
Squash Dinner Rolls – Revisited
Because Easter is this weekend, I decided to make squash dinner rolls again. If you haven't tried them, you must. Today I cut the recipe in half because Michael and I do not need two dozen dinner rolls. Feel free to double it or refer to the original ...
Asparagus and Bacon Frittata
The folks are Farm Fresh to You delivered a beautiful bunch of freshly picked asparagus to my door last week. My refrigerator is on the fritz, freezing stuff that shouldn't be frozen, like fresh asparagus. To avoid a crisis I had to quickly find a ...
Waffle Iron Mozzarella Sticks
When a video for mozzarella sticks, made in the waffle iron, came over my Facebook feed, I knew I had to make them! I will admit now that I made these three days in a row. The first was a late night practice run to see if it even worked. It ...
70’s Era Wine Rack Makeover
During a visit to Habitat for Humanity's Re-Store, I spotted an ugly duckling wine rack. I remember when these decor pieces were popular in the 1970's. There were coordinating paper towel holders, napkin caddies, trivets, etc. I may have even had one ...
Photography Challenge: Panorama Week
This is the current assignment for Dale Foshe's 52 Week Photography Challenge: WEEK 8 Landscape: Wide Angle/Panorama: This is a great opportunity to explore panorama stitching and create a wide sweeping landscape. When you live in Auburn, ...
Spicy Beef Bao
The inspiration for this sandwich was a broccoli beef stir fry I made for dinner earlier this week. As usual, I made too much. The following night I experimented by serving the leftover beef on Kings Hawaiian rolls, topped with coleslaw. It was ...
Mini Pretzel Dogs
Super Bowl 50 is just around the corner, so it's time to start thinking about game day snacks. These little mini hot dogs wrapped in pretzel dough can be served warm with barbecue sauce, yellow mustard or cheese sauce. The adults will like them and ...
Meyer Lemon Souffle’ Cake
Scrambling for Meyer lemon recipes, I found this one from Lori Longbotham's Luscious Lemon Desserts, as seen on The Traveler's Lunchbox, via Two Peas and Their Pod via Facebook. How is that for a recipe's provenance? When I first saw the recipe ...
Pickled Beet Salad
My Farm Fresh to You box arrived this week with beautiful beets inside. I decided to pickle the beets with cardamom and other spices, and serve them chilled, in a salad. I used fresh pea sprouts for the greens, but any lettuce would do. This ...
Fresh Grilled Branzino
I went to Whole Foods yesterday looking for lotus root. They didn't have lotus root, but I managed to fill a small cart with all the other great things they have that I can't find here in town. I picked up a couple of small, whole branzino. ...
Dogwood Photography Challenge – Week 1
Week 1 of Dogwood Photography's 52 Week Photography Challenge is over. This week's assignment: WEEK 1 Portrait: Self Portrait: Start things off right with a "selfie"! Explore the self timer setting on your camera. As I said in my first post ...
Mary is a retired nurse with a passion for cooking and recipe development. Michael is a teacher with a passion for music and recipe taste testing. Together they are the Egg Farm. 