The setup was a $1.00 blue salad plate set on a piece of white foam-board, shot from above.

I have loved good food all my life and have been cooking almost as long. Over the past year, I’ve begun to realize that I can combine that passion with some computer skills and my desire to help people get away from the Standard American Diet (SAD for short)..

I just tilled up another 14′ x 36′ plot for my winter garden…then came inside, poured watermelon juice in a glass, added crushed ice and fresh lime juice, and quaffed while looking at the lovely labneh balls sitting on my kitchen counter.

I’m no Ina, but I do most sincerely thank you, Randal!

Ditto to Lynn’s comments about this being the best food blog. One of the things that makes it so special is that it is one person, without a network or institution, living like real people but committed to excellence. Your work has the quality of a Barefoot Contessa but with cost and time reality. I believe you have accomplished a minor miracle in bridging the gap between excellence in taste, visual, nutrition and the principle of eating to live rather than living to eat. Many thanks.