I recently saw a great cartoon in The New Yorker. A man and a woman are standing in front of floor-to-ceiling bookshelves and he says, “I never have time to read but if I did these are the books I’d read.” Yep! I can totally relate to that! I also have multiple bookshelves throughout the house…
Category: Uncategorized
2022 So Far – Reasons for Hope and Despair
The year has brought us both hope and despair. Just three months into the “new” year, we see new life and also the attempt to destroy a culture that has existed for centuries. There is a lot to stay updated on and informed about. These are what are on UnitedInFood’s heart and mind. On the…
Stocking Pantries for Our Afghan Friends and Neighbors
In her roles as an Ambassador for Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (https://www.lirs.org), Pixie created a list of food-related items to assist our Afghan neighbors and friends as they resettle to life in the United States. These items will help to continue the connection our new friends have with their homeland. Spices & Herbs: whole…
Pixie’s 2022 Summer Garden Plans
I am hard at work planning my summer garden, are you? What are you going to plant? Do you have all your seeds, are you still ordering them from catalogs, or will you use starter plants and seedlings that you get from your local farmers market and garden stores? And me, you ask, what am…
The Long Welcome
In 2022, Pixie will be an Ambassador for Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (“LIRS”). You might say, tell me more about LIRS and we are so glad to! See the next paragraph below, and here is a link to their website: https://www.lirs.org. The LIRS Ambassador Network brings together people from all corners of the United…
Cardoons
While strolling through my little Farmers Market about fifteen years ago, I saw something in the distance that put a pep in my step and drew me in like a kitten to string. Standing in a bucket on the ground, a large bunch of tall, leafy stalks waved to me in the gentle breeze, their…
Sometimes Mistakes Are Made
I consider myself a decent home cook and my friends and family seem to truly enjoy the fruits of my labor. They just assume that everything I cook will turn out well and that is generally true – mostly because I do not serve them the mistakes … except my poor hubby who goes along…
Rolling with the Punches
Memorial Day 2021 started as a beautiful day with mild temperatures and pretty skies. I curled up on the chaise tucked on the covered porch, a book in one hand and a glass of rose in the other, listening to the vibrant yard around me. Bees and hummingbirds were happily buzzing the abundance of spring…
Life in the Age of the Periodical Cicadas (aka Great Eastern Brood X) and the Swarm of 2021
Postscript: The Great Eastern Brood X Cicadas are almost a thing of the past. There are a few here and there, still crazily flying into just about any structure thinking or hoping it is a tree. But for the most part, they have done what they came here to do and life is getting back…
United In Food - Uniting Communities Through Food 