Loretta has been through a thing or two. Even though she doesn't live with the other chickens, she has stories to tell. After she was beaten up a few times by Buster, she had to start living closer to people, so that we could keep an eye on her and so the Rhode Island reds…
As you know, I like changing people's minds. It makes me fuzzy inside. Most people don't like brussels sprouts. It's the black sheep of vegetables... "eeew brussels sprouts," is the default way to use it in a sentence. But they really are lovely little things, if you cook them to the edges of crispiness rather…
I am a tad obsessed with apple picking. I have spent many minutes rallying people to go with me on an apple picking adventure. Those that always resist are male… something in their nature doesn’t desire a day of frolicking in an orchard with a basket and a long pole, and eating apples until your…
Such a noble food. The cranberry beans are tender and ready. So tender you can pop them out of their shells and eat them raw.Or if you're not feeling so adventurous, you can cook them til they are stewy and delicious.Here's how:“Cranberry Beans, Georgia-Style”
Four ingredient cooking. My favorite kind.
1 cup of cranberry beans…
Changing People's Minds: A Step by Step Guide:One particularly fine friend recently said he didn't like eggplant. So I made eggplant for dinner.When someone tells me they don't like a particular food, I don't hear them. I go conveniently deaf. Then I'm suddenly possessed by the overwhelming urge to make that particular food. Annoying? Probably...…
Today, we make this:One fruit, so many possibilities. Quince granita, quince pâté de fruits, quince soup, poached quince, quince jelly, quince sauce, quince fritters...oh wait...They are one of my favorite fruits. Look how nice and pink they become when you cook them, a soothing glamorous pink.But they start off this color. Green with a hint of yellow.…
There's been so much rain in the Northeast this summer, that the quince trees have borne rotted fruit. I've missed most of that rain though, and I never thought I'd say so, but I miss it. I've spent most of this summer in arid climates where you can't count on rain to wash away the…
Over the weekend, my new friend Michael from New Orleans taught me how to make Puttok. If anyone can tell me how to spell it properly I'll give you a gold star sticker. It's a lovely stew of tomato, rosemary, vinegar (or in our case red wine) and braised meat.
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"I just found the best bundt cake recipe in the entire United States," so said my grandmother as she handed me a piece... she tends to modify recipes often, adding a bit of this and that along the way. Some yogurt here, some honey there. So you're never quite sure how it got to be…