I'm in New York this week to visit Grandma P. who is in the hospital, as you've probably gathered by now.
In the past 48 hours, I've spent a good amount of time cleaning out her house, in addition to making her tofu pudding because she won't eat the hospital food. I've also had a few adventures, and…
Sometimes you have so many thoughts twirling in your head, that you don't know what to say at all. Sometimes all of those thoughts and emotions get wrapped up into a ball and it's easier to leave them there for a while. Sometimes it's easier to spend a few days writing about clams. It's taken…
I never really outlined all the new sections on this site. So I figure I'll give you a little walking tour. Shall we? Do you have good walking shoes on?
Okay, let's go... on the first stop, we go over the hill and through the woods to... Grandma's House.
We all love Grandma P. Who doesn't…
These are my Food Heroes. These are their stories.
If you have a copy of my book Food Heroes, this is something extra I gathered along the way for you.
This page is dedicated to Sue Forrester who lived in Cumbria, England. She churned butter and recited poems while she churned. She made them up as she…
My Bio
My passion for good food, for simple food, began at an early age, on a boulder by the side of a creek as I caught my trout for breakfast. I grew up on the same land my great-grandfather owned and worked. This place is called Tulipwood, and there my great-aunt could name every…
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…
I really dislike shopping. It brings out the worst in me. I become cranky and fatigued within 5 minutes of entering a store. I find this is particularly the case when shopping for clothing.
There are a few exceptions... but it usually involves bribing me with a muffin, or promising me that a cream puff is…
First off, I'd like to point out that the location of my fishing trip keeps changing in my posts. Rather than go back and correct it, I figured I'd let my missteps dangle in the breeze for all the world to see. It was 5:30am and I was running on a green banana and acid…