Hi. I’m Isabel, I cook and scribble. I make a lot of food and do a lot of writing, and Bread & Courage is what I have to show for it. It started as a simple food blog called TASTE but evolved into something more—a place where I express my love of food, community and the environment. Thanks for spending some time here—and be in touch!
Peaches remind me of a fancy cocktail made with whipped egg whites and served in a paper-thin antique glass with a long, skinny stem and flecks of fast melting ice. The kind of drink I suck back in seconds, afraid it will change irreversibly in my grip. For me, peaches are just as fleeting, perhaps [...]
If a peach in the hand is worth ten in the bush, then a few peaches in a Clafoutis are worth the haul of an entire basket. Usually, I’m unable to drive away from a farmer’s market without devouring at least half of the peaches I’ve procured. I arrive at home, appetite spoiled, lips sticky. [...]
Last week I had my first tomato, basil and mozzarella salad of 2008. The Caprese is not a dish I order in restaurants before summer comes, though I do buy tomatoes at the grocery store through the fall, winter and early spring. Barbera Kingsolver' s book “Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life,”which details [...]
There is a layer of dried sugar along my chin. I couldn’t wipe it off while grabbing at zucchini, blueberries and tomatoes, and daring to eat a peach. I forgot to lick the stickiness off until just now. I hadn’t paid when the juice started to dribble–the farmer (the only organic blueberry producer in [...]
