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Posted on November 7th, 2010
My mom, daughter and me. A three generation Thanksgiving 3 years ago Enjoy friends, family and the best of the harvest. Turkey Rescue Roasted Turkey with Gravy About Local and Sustainably Raised Turkeys Cranberries Double Cranberry-Orange Sauce Root Vegetables Smashed Potatoes and Celery Root with Chive Butter [...] Posted on October 21st, 2010
A lazy gardener, I begin each spring like a schoolgirl with my pencils sharpened. My raised beds with their mulched companion plants hum with expectation, and they do yield patio salads and pot luck suppers. But, they’re never fully realized as I slack off weeding, watering and nursing the sick for the lure [...] Posted on October 1st, 2010
(OK, the picture shows the same veggies, but not the same recipe. But, I have a blooming cold couldn’t bear cooking. Forgive me!) Harvest vegetables and tangy goat cheese roll into a glorious last-of-summer wrap. Feel free to play with other seasonal vegetables and local cheeses, as long as you [...] Posted on September 21st, 2010
Local peaches or pears are in. Eat them out of hand until you can’t stand it, as the season is short. Today I stuffed them with ginger cookies, almonds and chocolate. They barely made it to the fridge, but they’re good warm or cold. 1 ounce ginger snap cookies (5 small, 4 large) [...] Posted on April 14th, 2010
I lived in this old house for many years before I had the sense to look down at the spring behind it and recognize fresh watercress. There it was, looking just like the store-bought stuff, but younger and fresher. If you live near very fresh running water, likely you’ll find it too. Harvesting [...] Posted on March 31st, 2010
My Grandma Rose didn’t like to cook much, but she made a mean holiday brisket that’s better than it sounds — foil wrapped and braised tender with a package of Lipton’s soup and a diced green pepper. Times have changed and so has my palate, but the principle remains: slow cooked brisket with [...] Posted on March 28th, 2010
What better way to get a sense of a place then through local food, like the fried grasshoppers pictured here? For the Mexican food lover, Oaxaca, the city of 7 moles, is your town. The markets are pure magic, especially for those brave enough to nibble everything. (Sometimes I did, sometimes not.) The [...] Posted on March 18th, 2010
An Oral History West Stockbridge, Massachusetts (Pictures are of downtown West Stockbridge) This conversation that I had with my neighbor Edna Garnet, now deceased, is a reminder that, until recent history, many country folks were nearly self-sufficient. They raised their own food, ate what was in season, storing hearty root vegetables and putting up [...] Posted on February 4th, 2010
Back to basics this week: Two local ingredients in a mug — Warm Highlawn Farm milk with Ioka Valley Farm maple syrup to taste. Very soul satisfying. Plenty of upcoming book events and signings, including one tonight (Friday) at the library in West Stockbridge, Massachusetts at 7 pm. If you come by, be sure [...] Posted on December 2nd, 2009
My mother-in-law called my husband half lace-curtain and half shanty Irish. He calls himself neither, but has an Irish passion for cabbage and potatoes, which I have learned to embrace. Right now my house boasts both the giant Chinese cabbage used here and large glass crock with half-fermented multicolored sauerkraut with ginger and anise. [...] |
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