You might be just as surprised as I was to find out Dia de Los Muertos seems to build for about a month leading up to All Souls Day, not just the day itself. I suppose this is not unlike any commercialized holiday anywhere? There are things to buy and altars to dress. Like any …
What the Oktoberfest in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon lacked in bratwurst, brötchen and sauerkraut it made up for with live faux punk, a mechanical bull, a ferris wheel that goes backwards and individual beer pong sponsored by Telcel. Although I generally don’t think one-time attendance qualifies anyone as an expert on anything, I offer anyone interested …
Summer is finally here and with it, fresh greens from the garden! What’s not to love about stepping outside to grab a handful of fresh raw greens to toss in the blender. My current favorites are baby spinach, tatsoi and shiso greens. Pictured below from left to right next to some grafted grapefruit mint. I …
This year April showers brought nothing but May showers and I wasn’t that motivated to make smoothies in the cold and rain. But after the long wet winter everything is in bloom and it’s back to daily smoothies. Today we went to Johnson Brothers Farm and got starts for my mom’s garden – heirloom tomatoes, …
First and foremost, let me say that this is more time-consuming than making your daily smoothie. And by that I mean, your knees will actually start to realize just how long you’ve been standing at the counter washing, chopping, blending, pouring and smoothing – even standing on an anti-fatigue mat, which I totally recommend. I’m …
Toward the end of the summer the enormous leaves of the rhubarb shrub had started to brown around the edges so I decided it was finally time to experiment with the rhubarb juice I’ve been wanting to make. They were starting to look like mud-caked elephant ears and had taken over most of the walkway. …
Nothing like drinking a little bit of the fall harvest. I used four different kinds of apples for this juice – one of every green-ish apple at Thistledown Farms before they closed for the winter. I juiced the carrots and apples separately to set aside some just-apple juice before pouring the rest into one giant …