Oh wow! It has been a while and it appears as though Anna and I have been neglecting our blog. There is a perfectly good explanation for this... we actually got to see each other in North Carolina this past week! Oh yes, and boy, it took an 18 hour car ride from Spruce Head Island, Maine to Hendersonville, North Carolina, then another 1 1/2 hour car ride to Charlotte, NC where Anna (with boy Phil and friendy friend Nick in tow) picked me up in a hotel parking lot. We then proceeded another hour to Star, NC. Arriving at their second floor apartment on Main St. in Star at 9p.m. We woke the next morning to travel 40 min. to Southern Pines (aka Star's Hollow he he) where Anna had to work all day (so I took to wandering the streets of this small town over and over again). We did squeeze in a small demo on an old Letterpress by a friend of Anna's and a little bar-b-que with bonfire. The next morn, we were in the car once again for the 3 1/2 hour trek back to Hendo. Just chillin' with my gal was worth all the car time.
The rest of the trip to North Carolina was fabulous. Lots of good food, spirits, and laughs with old friends. . . we always love a good trip to North Caroline!! (However, the laundry upon return was a bit daunting, but we took full advantage of the wonderful spring weather and used the line at my mothers house...ahhhhhhhh SPRING!!)
a sure sign of spring
j.may
So it shouldn't come as any big surprise to those that know me well, but, i LOVE broccoli. Always have. Broccoli soup was my fav and was what i asked for every year for my birthday meal. I was flipping through one of my Moosewood cookbooks the other day, Simple Suppers (thanks Dave Mac) and found a really simple, fairly effortless meal which involved four of my favorite food items:sharp cheddar cheese, dijon mustard, bread and a close relative of broccoli-broccolini..which looks like a shrunken version of broccoli, with small florets and long, thin stalks. It is often misidentified as young broccoli, but is a cross between broccoli and kai-lan, Chinese broccoli. A natural hybrid of the cabbage family, it was developed by the Sakata Seed Company of Yokohama, Japan. Broccolini's flavor is sweet, with hints of both broccoli and asparagus. Jess-i know how you feel about conventional broccoli so you may prefer the flavor of broccolini..and besides, it's a fun word to say! Sounds kind of italian...
