A Dirty Bloody Pomtail

I'm feeling dirty-bloody full of anti-oxidants as I write this! Not that we don't eat enough vegetables, but it's always good to up your anti-oxidants in drinks too, right?! Oh whatever! the wonderful warm and sunny days have inspired me more than anything. I also have to say that all the lovely readers and fellow bloggers, who've left me some kind words, have kept me going. So we're drinking it up, to an early summer and all things good!

Rhubarb Tarts & Ratios

This all started out as experimentation, from my need to do something different with rhubarb every year! Rhubarb crisp and compote have been classic favorites in our house. I kinda did that again, starting with a rhubarb strawberry compote, then put one of my new books, Ratio by Ruhlman to good use. With his ratio, I mixed and improvised as usual and we ended up with a few too many pastries and tarts.

A Bowl of Spring Rice

The asparagus have been beautiful out here, and in Spring so have so many other things, like the Washington Park Arboretum! Pictures are always easier for me to share than words. Inspiration in words has been hard to find among tough times in life. I won't bore you with the details, that's life!