Rebecca Weger

I’m continuing my Crockpot experiments on the weekends as I have time.  Today, I needed some comfort food.  Something warm, creamy, simple and delicious.  Macaroni and cheese.
I’m using Make It Fast, Cook It Slow: The Big Book of Everyday Slow Cooking as a reference for this experiment.  The book is based on Stephanie O’Dea’s website [...]

My friend Sierra writes a wonderful blog called “ChildWild.”  I don’t even have kids and I read it fervently.  This week she shared her 5 year-old daughter’s recipe for apples from their farm share:  Rio’s Fried Apples for Friends.  Check it out, and check out the rest of her blog while you’re there.

Inspiration struck on my walk home from work the other night.  Sliced cooked sweet potatoes. Sliced avocado.  Cooked chicken, shredded.  Onions lightly sauteed. Drizzled with a terriyaki-ish sauce.  It was delish.
I had forgotten how far a simple sauce could go to tie things together and give some zest.  I rarely measure anything, but here’s my [...]

Today was overflowing with food goodness – only some of which got its portrait taken.  Breakfast this morning was nothing to write home about except that it didn’t break the bank and Joseph’s pancakes were enormous.  Let’s just skip ahead to the cupcakes.
I’d read about Babycakes, and seen their cookbook. Reading has nothing on [...]

I’ve had quite a number of homes over the years.  Today I landed back in NYC for the first time in five years.  I lived here for two years in the mid to late 90s and I miss it regularly.  It still feels like home.  We arrived late this afternoon and decided to head right [...]

My first thought after pouring the last of the coconut milk into the soup? “Oh.  You should have saved some of that to drizzle on top of the soup in some fancy pattern.  You’re never going to catch on to this food staging business.”  Luckily, that had nothing to do with how dinner tasted.  That, [...]

I just received this notice today.  I went to a similar but different event in the spring.  This one is going on my calendar.
Sunday, October 25, 2009  2:30-5:30 PM
Women’s Community Building, 100 West Seneca St., Ithaca, NY
Consumers can meet at least 15 livestock producers from across our region, learn about their farms and products, and [...]