Pumpernickel & Rye

Last summer I did this fun garden party spread near downtown Brooklyn. This year I’m back home in Minneapolis, in a home we just purchased, with a backyard that is beyond what I ever could have hoped for.

We’ve been putting a lot of work into this yard, transforming, planting, beautifying. The results are beginning to take off. I’m so looking forward to doing this spread for real next summer in what I hope will become an annual tradition, The Garden Party at Blaisdell Hjem.

Zucchini is blooming in the garden, that means it’ll be time to make zucchini bread soon! @ Minneapolis, Minnesota

Fresh raspberries from the garden. Wonder what I shall make with these jewels? Ideas? Go!

Dinner. Done. Sautéed shrimp on a bed of asparagus risotto and a touch of fresh lemon thyme from the garden, my favorite.