Surprisingly great little farmers’ market in tiny McCall, Idaho. Lovely cherry tarts, mega-fresh kale, local lamb, and awesome tamales.

I caught my very first fish! It’s pretty strange to catch, kill, and eat something. (And pretty tasty too…)

I got to write about Eat Local Week for my college newspaper, dream article for a foodie in Florida!

This semester I helped teach cooking classes for low-income kids in Florida- we learned a lot, we ate a ton.

The Streusel King at the sunny Sarasota Farmer’s Market, the best place on earth.

Spent my summer as a garde manger girl at the Shore Lodge in McCall, Idaho. Learned a lot and made a million caesars.

To celebrate 5,000 blog hits I bought myself “On Food and Cooking” aka the strangest and most interesting food book ever.

The amazing abundance of mint, sold in big bushels for the deservedly famous tea.

Huevos con Chorizo at Cafe Habana in SoHo, and French/Moroccan at Cafe Gitane just around the corner.

I got to spend a delicious and amazing evening in the kitchen of New York restaurant PUBLIC!