Video | Rachel's Table

5 Memorable Foods I Ate as a Kid (And Still Crave)

February 20, 2014 by rachelocal

If you’ve been following this blog for long, you know I like my food local, if possible. I do indulge in the occasional California avocado or Florida orange, but overall, my meat and veggies are locally raised or grown within a 100-mile radius of my front door. This is daunting task for someone that grew up in the 80s eating Captain Crunch and drinking Mountain Dew. Lately, I’ve been dreaming about dipping an Ellio’s frozen pizza in ranch dressing (I […]

Categories: Guest Posts, Random, Video • Tags: 80s nostalgia, 80s TV, Bill Cosby, food, humor, jello, life, local, Mountain Dew, nostalgia, photos, school photos

Wicked Good 90-Second Pie Crust

November 26, 2013 by rachelocal

I’m usually all about slow food, taking my time, cooking with care. But at Thanksgiving, I kick it into high gear, thinking ahead and taking shortcuts to get good food on the table with plenty of time left over to visit with friends and family. Which is why I usually buy pies from the local Amish bakery. But this year, inspiration struck when my dear friend Sarah Sleeper came to visit. When Sleeps got off the plane, she had a […]

Categories: Recipes, Summer Recipes, Video, Winter Recipes • Tags: baking, dessert, food, friendship, local, New England, pies, thanksgiving

Peppermeister Roulette: The Clear Winner and a Spicy Recipe

August 27, 2013 by rachelocal

Remember Peppermeister Roulette 3: Duel to the Death? (If you haven’t watched this fierce, fiery battle, click here and enjoy: PEPPERMEISTER ROULETTE 3.) Before getting down to business with those peppers, Peppermeister and I enjoyed a cocktail while checking out his pepper plants. He grows a wide variety in containers on his patio and deck among the bucolic setting of his backyard. It was all polite exchanges and clever banter outside, but when we took those peppers inside, things got […]

Categories: Fall Recipes, Gardening, Recipes, Spring Recipes, Summer Recipes, Video, Winter Recipes • Tags: food, HOT, local, salsa, vegan, vegetarian

Peppermeister Roulette 3: Duel to the Death

August 14, 2013 by rachelocal

Last year, I played the first round of Peppermeister Roulette when the venerable Peppermeister gave me a bag of his colorful, home-grown, organic hot peppers. In February of this year, I played a second round with another gift from Peppermeister – dried peppers. Each time, I proved my pepper prowess. But there was one more pepper I needed to dominate – PEPPERMEISTER HIMSELF. With fire in my eyes, I challenged him to a Peppermeister Roulette duel. Who will win? YOU […]

Categories: Gardening, Video • Tags: challenge, food, HOT, humor, Peppermeister Roulette, vlog

108

Food Snobs Anonymous

June 26, 2013 by rachelocal

I have a problem. The other day a friend asked me about a recipe I posted here on the blog. She wondered where she could score the same cut of meat I used. My eyes twinkled, my pulse quickened as I explained in detail where she could not only get this choice meat, but also how to cut it and which knife she should buy to do the cutting. I may have even uttered the words, “You need to find […]

Categories: Local Farms, Random, Video • Tags: Charlie Brown, food, food club, life, local, locavore

I’ve Been Freshly Pegged

April 17, 2013 by rachelocal

Pegged as what? Insane and nutso. And a darn good hot pepper eater. Peg from Peg-o-Leg’s Ramblings is featuring my Peppermeister Roulette video for her series, “Freshly Pegged: THIS one should have been Freshly Pressed.” For those of you not in the WordPress world, being Freshly Pressed is a big deal. The intelligent, creative, hard-working editors at WordPress choose a few posts each day to highlight on their extra special Freshly Pressed page. It’s quite an honor. It’s also quite […]

Categories: Video • Tags: food, freshly pegged, freshly pressed, hot peppers, video, vlog, wordpress

The Time Hunger Smacked Me in the Face

March 28, 2013 by rachelocal

Hunger has been on my mind lately. Not my own hunger. I’m rarely hungry. In fact, I just registered for a summer farm share from Lancaster Farm Fresh. I have 25 weeks of fresh, local produce to look forward to. So, no, I’m not hungry. But in a perfect storm of coincidences, the subject of hunger has smacked me in the face with its surprisingly powerful hand over the last two days: 1. I received an email regarding an Ending […]

Categories: Delaware Farms, Video • Tags: A Place at the Table, Christianity, Community Supported Agriculture, Easter, food, health, hunger, local

Let’s Play Peppermeister Roulette…Again!

February 28, 2013 by rachelocal

Last September the first round of Peppermeister Roulette hit the blog. Let’s see how HOT Round 2 is, shall we? If you’d like to learn more about the peppers tasted here, visit Peppermeister’s blog (make sure to tell him Rachel wants a tie-breaker).

Categories: Gardening, Video • Tags: food, hot peppers, humor, local, peppermeister, video, vlog

Make the World More Awesome

February 1, 2013 by rachelocal

I’m diverging from regular blog topics, because it’s the weekend! If you aren’t one of the over 5 million people that have viewed Kid President on You Tube, you’re welcome. I’m planning to have my own dance party of awesomeness this weekend (more about that next week). What’s on your agenda? Suggestion: Watch Space Jam or another one of my favorite Kid President videos:

Categories: Random, Video • Tags: awesomeness, humor, inspiration, kid president, video, you tube

Let’s Taste Some Wine!

November 7, 2012 by rachelocal

Rachel’s Table Local Red Wine Challenge Join me as I blind taste test some local wines from Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia! {Disclaimer and Spoiler Alert (watch the riveting video first to see which wine gets my highest rating): Seeing as I could not find a local Zinfandel (this type of vine does not exist in the mid-Atlantic states), I chose to compare the California Zinfandels with simple red table wines. In all fairness to the local wineries, maybe their reds […]

Categories: Random, Video, Wineries • Tags: drinking, food, fresca, humor, local, movember, video, vlog, wine, wine tasting

Let’s Play Peppermeister Roulette

September 13, 2012 by rachelocal

When playing Truth or Dare as a precocious middle schooler, I would ALWAYS take the dare. With gusto. Things haven’t changed… (Disclaimer: yes, my husband videographer filmed this vertically instead of horizontally. I’m taking applications for a new husband, any iPhone user, videographer until 8 pm (EST). A steady hand and ability to edit all content down to a more acceptable two minutes are a must.) Next week, I’ll knock your ‘stache glasses off with recipes using Peppermeister’s homegrown peppers. Peppermeister, can you […]

Categories: Random, Video • Tags: food, HOT, humor, local, music, peppers, video, vlog