Charm City Cook
Food is good
Courtesy of charmcitycook – Soup is the most comforting, satisfying thing to me – especially in winter. My fave in the whole world is Ina Garten’s Cheddar Corn Chowder. Cheese, corn, onions, potatoes…um, bacon…what’s not to love? Ina is not known for light cooking, so I use a little regular milk in place of the heavy cream and it’s …
Courtesy of Charm City Cook – Don’t get me wrong, I actually am happy to grab some quick caffeine from Starbucks, Dunkin’ Donuts and even Rool Farms sometimes. Feel free to judge me, coffee snobs. But…when I can, I love to go to the fabulous Spro Coffee on the Avenue in Hampden. Spro is described as …
Last week, people in neighborhoods all over Charm City most likely heard screams of delight coming from my Hampden backyard. Holy s#;@! After six months of loving care, organic veggie scraps and weekend free-ranging, the chickens began to lay eggs. Well, Dottie [Ameraucana – fancy pants Martha hen] laid a gorgeous blue-ish green egg. And now, a week …
So, you have a friend with chickens. You think…neat! Fresh eggs! I wanna do that! Before you order that super shwank coop you saw on Pinterest, check out some advice from someone who’s recently jumped into city chicken keeping. This informative article from Earth 911 asks some key questions to see if chicken keeping is for you. If you …
I’m a big Waverly Market fan. Since it’s a year-round market, I go every week for staples like milk, eggs, bread, lettuce, apples, potatoes, onions and bacon (yes, bacon is a staple in my house.) The selection of fruits and veggies, of course, is a bit more limited in the cold winter months…but I feel good supporting local folks as much as I …
Courtesy of Charmcitycook – When it comes to wine for Thanksgiving dinner, lots of people will tell you what goes best with turkey. And stuffing. And potatoes. And pumpkin pie. I wanted to get some insight from a pro, so I visited my friend Carey Williams at The Wine Source in Hampden for some advice and found some …
drama in the coop… we’ve had a few lineup changes. as the ‘girls’ approached five months, things really got interesting! first, gertie [ameraucana] started to CROW! oy, it was out of nowhere and…it was loud. she [well, he…] was quickly taken back out to the country where that sorta behavior is a-ok. my neighbors have been so …
wow, look how little they were back in june… the girls got their big break on the local news yesterday! i even got the title of ‘urban farmer’ while on camera. hilarious. and…since getting their two minutes of fame, the chickens have been prancing, strutting…beaks up in the air. i swear i saw dottie smiling – she …
UPDATE! we finally, finally had the all-important coop inspection, hon. as he came into the house, the nice city animal officer said “well, hello again…how are the chicks?” turns out he was the same inspector who came by last month when someone reported me. he took pics, asked questions and said everything looked fine and …
