I first learned about Farmer Al and Frog Hollow Farm while working on my book Food Heroes. I was told by a legendary explorer of good taste that hands down the best fruit in the country came from there. My friend had in fact done years of research on this and went on to introduce…
These are the peppers from my garden this year. You can call me Peter Piper. Thank you.
Pickled Peppers:The truth is, that they were planted by my brother's mischievous friend Francesco. But Francesco dropped off the radar screen sometime in mid-summer when the weeds became unruly and it was time to separate the men from…
On a scale of 1-5, how ambitious were you with your garden this year?I started out extremely ambitious. Like, I'm-the-best-farmer-in-the-world-ambitious.Then I had my ego handed to me on a platter made of corn stalk nubs, meticulously gnawed down by the chipmunks.
Pickled Swiss Chard:But there were a few successes. In fact, there were many in…
When I was cooking in France, there was a pastry chef who was always running around frantic with all of the things he had to do. He was fairly sure that the executive chef was going to kill him. Sometimes I helped him because I wanted him to get through the night without panicking. Sometimes…
I'm pickling a lot these days. That seems to be the way it goes with summer gardening. You hoe and weed and till and sow and water and worry and then it all comes pouring in at once, faster than you can eat it.When I have this problem, I pickle.Folks, get ready for a lot…
I have a pretty nutty week ahead. In the span of four hours I'm going to be transported from rural Arkansas where I have been hiding out and have had to take desperate measures for an internet connection....to the meatpacking district of New York City where the internet and just about everything else is fast.…
I had quite the 4th of July weekend. It began with a long road trip from Austin to Arkansas. I drove the entire span of Arkansas and I marveled at how different it is depending on where you are in the state. It was purty country.The weekend can best be described as Foodapalooza. There have…
The elderflowers are blooming. This is good on many levels. For one, flowers are just a prelude to berries. And berries are just a prelude to jelly. And elderflower jelly is something that my grandmother made as a child with her mother. I'm going to make some and bring it to Grandma Pellegrini.Now that the…
I could show you this fully finished step-by-step recipe a few months from now, [scroll down, I've added the finished steps!] but what good would that be if you had to wait many months for dandelions to come back around? So instead, I'm going to give you the recipe and show you the step-by-step up…