I had the pleasure of spending two nights in Raleigh on my recent North Carolina vacation. There are some fantastic beer bars in this city, so of course I just had to bar hop! [...] Read more at The Hop Press!

If you want to go all blitzkrieg-style on a bunch of zucchini, a good way to do it is with a casserole. I found a great recipe here, and modified it slightly to my own preferences. The author is a fellow comrade in the endless battle against overly bounteous zucchini plants. Thanks for the great [...]

Another simple, quick, and tasty recipe to use up zucchini, deceptively elegant zucchini crepes! With pesto! Crepes are incredibly easy to make. The batter comes together in a snap, and they cook up super quick. The filling is nothing more than sautéed vegetables. Whip up some pesto, and you’ve got a meal! So first, the [...]

Okay, now this is my new favorite way of using up zucchini. This dip is painfully good. And so easy. Here are the ingredients for this roasted zucchini, garlic, and basil dip: 3 lbs zucchini, sliced into spears and seeded 1 head of garlic, cloves separated, skins intact 1 large onion, quartered 1 tsp salt [...]

The second brewery stop on our North Carolina beer tour was Aviator Brewing Company in Fuquay-Varina, a town about 30 minutes from Raleigh. [...] Read more at The Hop Press!

…or fritters, or whatever you want to call them. For sure, my favorite way to use up an overabundance of zucchini thus far. These savory cakes are so tasty and so easy to make that I cooked them up several times last weekend. So good! I actually got the recipe from my local farmers market’s [...]

Okay, to start off this zucchini crusade, here are the quickest, easiest, no-fuss ways of cooking zucchini. My most frequent usage of zucchini is to grill ‘em up. It’s incredibly simple. Slice them into spears and remove the seeds (you don’t necessarily have to if the seeds are small, but I always do anyway). Drizzle [...]

Our garden is becoming a bit of a problem. Our summer squash plants have grown beyond our control, producing with wild abandon, completely taking over my kitchen counter… Okay, I guess it’s not really a problem, more of an embarrassment of riches. The picture above was harvested over the course of about a week. I’ve [...]