Pie a la Mona

I've decided to take the leap and change to another blogging platform. I want to customize my site more and have you involved as much as...

What a fantastic couple of days these have been. Once again on Friday I was at the Kingstowne farmer's markets reveling in the produce, ...

Plums had been showing up at my local farmers markets and their aubergine beauty drew me to them. I dabbled in a plum upside down cake yet...

A painter sees a flower and is inspired to paint. An architect sees a building and envisions how to build it. A poet experiences a powerful...

On Saturday, I packed up my B ichon F rise , Cole, and headed to Del Ray. Looking at the slide show in this post , you can see dogs are ver...

OK. So I got a little silly when making tomato sauce. What's food for if not to play with once in a while? If you follow along with me h...

Although yesterday had me still in shorts, the signs of fall were apparent at the market. Gone were the peaches and nectarines. Small ears o...

At first glance, country captain chicken would appear to be a southern dish conjured up to delight dinner guests with it's far eastern ...

Soup is one of my favorite things to eat and make actually. Sometimes, I wish the bowl were bottomless! It's filling, satisfying and com...

Prune plums were looking gorgeous at the farmers market last Friday . I bought a pint of them and said " Hmmm ....what now?" I de...