Right now I am in a small town in Illinois, along the Mississippi in a very strange hotel on a very wide highway eating very hot chicken wings and drinking a very large strawberry mojito.All of this traveling is well... making me miss my own things and my own familiar faces. And making me think…
Quick! Take to the front yard. Or the back yard if you prefer.It's wild garlic season, and in another month it will be much too hard to pull up.They look vaguely like a bunch of chives, though decidedly more hearty.
There's something woody looking about them at the base. They will smell faintly like garlic…
Butter sauce, that is, in English speak.Butter is such a magical thing, don't you think?I call it udder nectar. Sometimes.Only with people who know me well, like you for example. But I usually don't call it that at a first encounter.You see, we get so caught up in recipes, but sometimes it can be simpler…
I know you've been waiting on the edge of your seats, clicking refresh, just dying to know what I did with all of that turkey meat I hauled off the field and field dressed. Right?Right?.... Is this thing on?The moment has come! First up, is Whiskey Glazed Turkey Breast. Turkey and whiskey, what could not…
Disclaimer: This is one of my "Not for the Faint of Heart" posts. If you fall into that category, please come back another day when I'll be talking about pudding.******************Since it is turkey season, and since I found myself with two turkeys to haul off the field not too long ago, I thought I'd show…
I was recently invited up to go turkey hunting. It was sort of serendipitous really, because I needed to write the last chapter of my book and needed to turkey hunt and hadn't figured out where that was going to be... and *poof* I got an email from Sydney of Ravenous Woman.Did I want to…
I was visiting a friend recently and she casually offered me bagels for breakfast—she just had to finish baking them she said.Baking them? You see, she had let them rise overnight, then finished them off in the morning so they’d be warm and crusty for breakfast. She had made them from scratch.If that isn’t impressive…
I thought I'd re-post this project I worked on last year for Earth Day, since it is still so fitting in many ways.1. I am in the midst of planting my seeds for the garden this summer, and this is such a wonderful alternative to spending money on peat pots while making good use of…
After a long hiatus, I'm pleased to present another installment of Q&A with Grandma Pellegrini. Thanks for submitting all of your questions and apologies for the tardy response. Take it away Grandma P.! ~ Georgia1. Hi Grandma P. Any suggestions for herbs that I can grow indoors in my kitchen without much fuss? Thank…