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…
When I was in Arkansas I made a new friend. And one night, while we all were digesting our 237th feast, she told us about this recipe she'd dreamed up using shrimp she'd had. It was smothered in scallions and tomatoes and lots and lots of butter. She agreed to make it for us as…
Another thing about the big garden at Tulipwood is that there were asparagus popping up all over the place this year. They just spontaneously sprouted wherever they pleased... amongst the tomato plants, with the radishes. It was like a game of Where's Waldo?... where would we come across an asparagus next? The reason for all…
I spent hours weeding yesterday. I think it was approximately 400 degrees out. There were four of us weeding my great-aunt's former vegetable garden at Tulipwood that I ambitiously thought we should "plant" this year. All of it. I don't think anyone has ever successfully completed the task of taming all of that garden. It…
I have a thing for purslane. I think I inherited it from my grandmother. She is just obsessed with it. Whenever I visit she says, "have you seen any purslane in the garden?" It is such an intriguing plant, purslane. For one, it is everywhere, in many countries, from the sidewalk cracks in the cities, to…
I am so crazy excited to have a great friend and one of my favorite bloggers in the world visit here today and share some of her incredible food with you. She is the one and only Marla Meridith from Family Fresh Cooking. Her recipes are not only delicious but really good for you. She…
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.…
It begins with an Amish man. Like most of my stories do.Okay fine it doesn't begin with him, it begins with a 5 pound sack of potatoes that we purchased at a run down store in a vacant town across from this abandoned house that I really want to buy and fix up but am…
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…