Roasted Beet Salad with Arugula, Sorrel, and Hazelnuts

Roasted Beet Salad with Arugula, Sorrel, and Hazelnuts

I like to think I’ve always enjoyed vegetables — especially those others would prefer didn’t exist, let alone show up on their dinner plates.  The what are those, how does one prepare them, cook, or eat them vegetables.  But my perspective was limited early on 

Pulled Pork Sandwich with Cabbage Apple Fennel Slaw

Pulled Pork Sandwich with Cabbage Apple Fennel Slaw

Often when I’ve had the time to prepare a large cut of meat like the recent whole pork shoulder I rubbed with spices and slow roasted in the oven, I do it with ulterior motives.  Like making meatloaf so I can have a sandwich a 

Blueberry Cheesecake Recipe from Simply Scandinavian

Blueberry Cheesecake Recipe from Simply Scandinavian

When I created sass & veracity more than four years ago, it was to give myself a space to write about my life as it relates to food — with just the hint of a smirk on my face.  The chances of my being completely 

Roasted Sweet Pepper Soup

Roasted Sweet Pepper Soup

  The calendar asserts that summer is dwindling, but I know better. Damp air, flat, steely skies until late in the morning and an urge to put on a sweater are only teasers of what will come much later here than most other places in 

Carrot Raisin Salad & Getaway to Laguna Beach

Carrot Raisin Salad & Getaway to Laguna Beach

  You thought I was gone, didn’t you?  Gone as in not writing here any longer.  Not posting recipes, or photos, or recording notes of what I’ve made. I’m sure someone somewhere has deemed such negligence to be a blogging foul and most likely written