When I was at Tulipwood a few weeks ago, I got to see all of the carnage left over from a massive wind storm a few months ago. Lots of trees went down like dominoes and let's just say it's going to take a very long time to clean up the firewood.But something interesting happened…
I'm back! Did you miss me? It took a little longer than I said it would, my new server rejected me several times. I kept trying to make it like me but it wouldn't, and so I finally had to face the fact that we had no future together and move on to another server. That's…
If I could pick a car to own right this minute, I believe it would be this one. My restaurant friend up in Sonoma County owns this one. He has a restaurant called Zin in Healdsburg and he grows his own vegetables and raises his own chickens and I imagine he carts them all around…
My grandmother isn't cooking anymore. She isn't as mobile as she used to be, which is a loss for her and also a loss for this website since we enjoyed her recipes so much and because I enjoyed cooking with her so much.But I can remember the times we did spend in the kitchen together…
In a day or two, things are going to look quite different around here, thanks to two geniuses I know. Lots of candy hidden all over the place. I can hardly wait... stay tuned!
Last night I dreamt about rhubarb. What does that mean?I took it as a sign that I should show you how to make my favorite pie. Any dream interpreters out there can speak now or forever hold your peace.Anyone?Great! Pie it is.Once upon a time there was someone named "The Pie Lady" in my hometown.…
My dad is a master beekeeper. He builds his own box frames much to my mother's dismay. It causes a lot of clutter in the garage. But he looks awfully amusing in his bee suit. Rather like an astronaut.He gets his bees from Georgia, not me, the state. It's an exciting time when they arrive.…
When I was at Tulipwood last week, I took a trip to Gilberties Herb Farm with Grandma Pellegrini. She had been talking about this place for many months. Since early winter. She and my great-aunt used to go regularly she told me, they would get up early while it was still cool enough to be…
A few weeks ago I rendered some duck fat.And then I rendered some pig fat.And it was good.Whenever you render fat, you're left over with something we call "cracklin'." It's an automatically southern word. Don't bother putting a proper -ing on the end of it, you're wasting your time. It's cracklin'.The first time I heard…