I love cream cheese icing. I'm not such a fan of the traditional buttercream or whatever else icing is made of. I figure, if I'm going to eat icing, I might as well go all the way!
Inge, I am a regular reader of chocolate and zucchini. Her cooking and eating philosophy is right on track with my own. She likes to alter recipes to make them a bit fun and unique. I love it (Plus, she and I are separated in age by a month, so I think it's fun to see how successful she has become at my age!).
I forget now who wrote about the CSA. My husband and I used to have a CSA when we lived in New England. Now, that we have moved, we have chosen not to join a local one. But we still get 90% of our food from the farmer's market or other local vendors (like the local bread shop, local winery, and local chocolate shop). We have two farmer's markets per week for most of the year, and one all year round. Every Saturday morning, my husband and I wake up early (which is difficult after the late-night Shabbat meal we have on Fridays), and march to the market. We spend about an hour or hour and a half chatting with the farmers we now know well and buying whatever is fresh or in season (including cheeses and meats).
Then we come home and for the next week, we look in our fridge every evening (or our garden in the summer) and decide what delicious combination we will put together. I have a handful of cookbooks, but I like to experiment more. I use things like the Joy of Cooking, Julia Child, and Asparagus to Zucchini (http://www.localharvest.org/store/item.jsp?id=270) for inspiration. Mostly, I cook with an Italian/Mediterranean flair--copious amounts of olive oil, fresh herbs, fresh veggies, and pasta/rice/couscous (with some meat thrown in).
Wow, I'm getting excited for dinner already, and it's barely 8 am!
