Kate Flaim (Girl Reporter)

I hope everyone else had a Christmas as relaxing as mine. My dearest friend came to stay (before flying out this evening) and we got to visit with another good friend—complete with much-delayed arrival and impromptu sleepover—on Tuesday night. We ate a delicious dinner Christmas Eve (more on that later) and slept in late this [...]

Early in November I went out to Oregon for a short visit, to hang out with my family and help my mom with house stuff. Obviously, since what my family does is talk/think/obsess about and consume food, we….ate. The first night, Mom made pizza bianca (from the America’s Test Kitchen recipe, I think), and a [...]

Ok, so it’s happened again. I am weeks behind and I blame technology, even though I settled the root problem weeks ago. Ahem. Basically I hadn’t uploaded photos since I left my job at the end of October. …Happy December! Right. I am remedying that. Meanwhile, um… There was a lot of eating last week. [...]

Sigh, the recipe in the post has nothing to do with any of the veggies I received that week. But here they are, for the record: -1 pound potatoes -1 pound carrots (STOP THE MADNESS) -1 acorn squash (with unnoticed damage; it rotted within a week, agh!) -1 bunch purple basil -1 head lettuce -1 [...]

I just clicked on Tom’s Flickr stream and saw this photo of our parents unpacking a picnic on a day trip last week. I miss them and wish I’d been there! Photo from Tom

Let’s wrap up this vacation before I leave on my next trip, shall we? Thursday was Ben’s Birthday!! And it was a big one, though he’s not happy about that. Happy birthday, honey–I love you times 30. (Not that Ben reads this blog. I can write anything I want about him and he’ll never know. [...]

I was back in Oregon to be in my friend Kathrin’s lovely, lovely wedding last weekend, and amidst all the festivities we did eat at home two nights. First, though, I always take the same photos when I fly into Eugene but I just love the moment when the Coburg Hills drop off into the [...]

Aaaand once again I’m a week late. Week two CSA contents: -1 bunch chard (green) -3 medium red beets -1 head lettuce -4 oz. garlic scapes -8 oz. summer squash/zucchini -1 bunch dill Tuesday night I stopped at Whole Foods after the CSA pick-up and grabbed the makings for a semi-homemade pizza. They sell bags [...]

Yay! My brother is safely back in the states after his two month Europe trip. I was so happy to hear his voice on the phone! Here is my favorite of the photos he has posted so far from his trip–his beard is “bristling in indignation” at the Gehry building in Prague.

Sorry it’s been quiet around here: It’s busy times in Kate-land. This weekend I went home to Oregon for my 10-year high school reunion (!!) and to throw a wedding shower for my oldest friend, Kathrin. My mom was incredibly generous about hosting at their house and preparing all the food, and she spent a [...]