...and I'm using an ancient machine with an ancient browser that doesn't let me do most things.
Until the Apple (I'm switching to a mac, I'm scared) and Fedex gods bring me a new one, things are going to be mighty sketchy around here. Words shall be misspelled, photos may look sketchy, I may forget my…
Remember yesterday how I showed you a glimpse of a strange figure in a hazmat suit wandering through the woods?
That was my dad.
He only comes out of his hiding place to feed the bees. My interactions with him are solely when he's wearing netted head gear.
Just kidding.
But we do both have…
You asked, she answered! Here is this week's Q&A with Grandma Pellegrini.
Take it away grandma!
Q. How do you keep the critters from eating up your garden? I plant fruit trees and have raised vegetable gardens, and so far only the groundhogs, squirrels, chipmunks and birds have enjoyed my homegrown produce. The area is fenced in, the raised vegetable…
This is the time of year when a lot of your proteins are in the freezer, since in many places, it is the “in between” season.
One of my favorite things to do in these months is cure meat and fish. If I can manage to do it before it hits the freezer even better, but…
I recently got the news that I shouldn't drink much alcohol. You see, it makes me rather red faced.
See?
This was me and my boyfriend Francoise in Arles, France after the September "Feria du Riz."
Okay, his name wasn't Francoise.
Okay, he wasn't my boyfriend. He was just a jolly French man who wanted to teach an American…
Two wild stallions. Or domesticated. Whichever I can find first.
A transexual rooster.
With army tags.
And one good eye.
A hearty piece of honeycomb straight from our beehives which will last forever. It truly will, honey is the only food that never goes bad. Now can you really say that about money?
Honey is better than money.
Oh, I…
Guess what this is...
I'll give you one clue...
It's not a leotard.
Okay, I'll give you another clue...
Now guess?
Okay, okay, geez, one more clue!
Red quinoa!!!
If you've never heard of it before, you're not alone. It's been slowly rising to stardom recently but hasn't reached full celebrity status yet. It's a grain-like crop grown for its edible seeds.…
Black-eyed peas are one of those things I only think about on December 31st when I superstitiously rush around looking for them. You see, it was ingrained in me from the time I was a small plump infant, that this is the thing you're supposed to eat on New Year's Day for good luck. I've…
I can't really tell you where they came from. All I'll say is that I may or may not have smuggled them from Provence. I may or may not have loved them so much in the restaurant garden that I worked in, that I may or may not have dried the seeds on the windowsil of…