Are you scratching your head wondering why you have to submit yourself to all those frantic, painful trips to the Grocery store with aisles of over processed and chemically laden food, hormone packed feed-lot meat and wimpy, conventionally grown unripe produce? Are you losing sleep at night wondering... Read more →
Peonies from Paonia
What’s in season? Asparagus, over-wintered spinach and other hearty greens, tender young lettuce, arugula, water cress, herbs like parsley, sage, cilantro, chives and very soon peas and strawberries. We had a good rain last night in Paonia and that coupled with the imminent sunshine to come should... Read more →
Asparagus
I just got back from Northern California and Southern Oregon. I was on a bit of a healthy sabbatical while squeezing in a visit with my old Poppa. I started the trip with a three-day healthy cooking workshop taught by renowned cookbook author, Rebecca Woods, in Ashland, Oregon. I learned so much from... Read more →
Everybodys Bees-ness
I have gotten some great feed-back from the last blog I wrote on Leftovers. One of the most interesting came from my friend Angel who focused not on Belly Dancing or Leftovers but instead honed in on what I said about Bees towards the end of the blog. I was not aware of the difficulty Bees are having... Read more →
Leftover Love!
Bring out the good china Baby because we are having leftovers again! Pick some flowers and bring out the cloth napkins while you’re at it, sweetie. No kidding, leftovers mean l-o-v-e around my house. If I worked so hard on dinner last night, why do I have to work hard again tonight? So maybe, leftovers... Read more →
Crud Buster
Even Organic Chefs get the Crud Wow! my boyfriend said don’t come near him and he was not kidding. I never know with him, cause he always to go away. He is not the biggest huggy bear in the forest. Anyway, I am down with a big scaly Monster of a head cold. I am living on this soup recipe. I think... Read more →
Chef Dava Led To The Slaughter
One of my favorite farmers over here, Orchardist Glenn Austin who grew up in Kentucky but has lived here with his family for over 30 years, never ceases to amaze me in that every hair brained, cockamamie way-off-of-left idea I come up with he is in 100% agreement on. Go Glenn! Glenn grew up slaughtering... Read more →
Having The Farmers Over For Dinner
Perfectionism, lastwordism and exactism being a part of most every Chef’s personality, I am certainly no exception. I wanted to do an all Locally grown, Sustainable, Seasonal Thanksgiving to honor the farmers and growers that I work with in Paonia. Paonia is a two hour drive from downtown Aspen and... Read more →
Chef Dava Debuts On Aspen Post
The Coconut Skinny I have been trying to think up ways to get healthy, cancer-fighting, fat-melting, heart and thyroid-loving coconut oil into my diet. I love the taste of coconuts but not particularly in my morning Omelet, my buffalo Chili or my garlicky Puttanesca sauce. It is, however, very compatible... Read more →