New Cookbook

The lovely and talented Rebecca Ffrench came out with a new cookbook recently. The book is called Whole Protein Vegetarian. Just like her other books  it is filled with fantastic and creative recipes from Rebecca's kitchen.

Also, the photography in the book was done by another one of Woodland Valley's own, Josh Holz. It looks like Josh is following in his Dad's footsteps and has decided on pursuing a creative career path. Nice work, Josh!

Rebecca was recently featured in Hudson Valley Magazine http://www.hvmag.com/Hudson-Valley-Magazine/May-2016/Going-Vegetarian-Heres-How-to-Eat-Enough-Protein-Without-Sacrificing-Taste/
and the Poughkeepsie Journal
http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/story/life/food/dishnthat/2016/04/12/wheres-the-meat-you-wont-miss-it-in-whole-protein-vegetarian/82951318/.

For those of you who would like to purchase the book you can get it on Amazon. Here is the link: http://www.amazon.com/Whole-Protein-Vegetarian-Plant-Based-Well-Being/dp/158157326X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1458440869&sr=8-1&keywords=whole+protein+vegetarian

Congrats Rebecca and keep those fantastic recipes coming!!

The Spirit Of The Season

This past Christmas Woodland Valley residents Carl and Barbara Lambaca threw a Christmas party for the homeless while on holiday in Florida. They served up a delicious meal in a local park. What a great way to celebrate the true spirit of Christmas. They are totally awesome!!!

One of the local news channels down there did a story on them. Check it out.

http://www.cbs12.com/news/top-stories/stories/vid_12093.shtml

No Worse Than Last Time

The sun is out and the cleanup of this latest weather event has begun in earnest. I personally didn't think it was so bad. There has been some drifting this morning but by my snow ruler we got about 10 inches. Just a bit less than last time. And it is super light and fluffy so cleanup seems fairly easy.

They were forecasting big winds but although we have had some gusting and blowing snow (see photo above) that really hasn't been bad either…at least so far. I think the worst of this storm went to the northeast. I was afraid that if the wind was bad we would get power or phone outages but that never happened.

The road seems clear and although I haven't driven into town to confirm it, the trucks have been up and down all night and day so I don't think there are any problems there.

The real story here is the cold. It is about 6 degrees now and the temps are forecasted to drop into the subzero range tonight. I think they are predicting -9 in Phoenicia. So the trick will be to get warm and stay warm.

Once I finish the cleanup I myself plan on staying close to home and baking to further warm the house. But for now it is back outside to shovel the snow. I think a chocolate chip cookie is a proper reward for a day of shoveling, don't you?