Maria Stuart

Tofu with Roasted Eggplant and Tomato Curry Sauce

May 30, 2012 Maria Stuart Leave a Comment

We’re trying to eat less meat at our house. We love meat, we really do, but we know it’s better for our health, the health of the planet, and the health of our pocketbook to consume less. (Have you read Mark Bittman’s Food Matters? I highly recommend it for great insight on this subject, without […]

Just a pretty picture

May 28, 2012 Maria Stuart 1 Comment

I love that it’s all the rage for people to have backyard chickens these days. Our neighbors and dear friends have a whole flock of chickens (can you have a flock of chickens?) – at least a dozen. We send our food scraps over to them, they send their eggs back to us. Perfection!

Spring Green

May 26, 2012 Maria Stuart Leave a Comment

The thing is, as much as I love fresh organic produce, I don’t garden. Never mind that I hasten the demise of any plant that comes my way. We also live on a lovely corner lot that is full of huge old trees – perfect for cooling our 1930’s house on hot summer days, but […]

Wish me luck!

November 2, 2011 Maria Stuart Leave a Comment

The editor of a glossy lifestyle magazine, and his photographer, are coming to my house for dinner tomorrow night. Really. It’s true. Am I nervous? Well yes, a little. And also a little excited. And then back to nervous. Of course, this is just the kind of thing that, as the PR person for my […]