So let’s be clear here- I grew up with a lot of lentil soup- you know the recipe from the original Moosewood cookbook- this was a major staple in our little family. And I like lentil soup, I really do, but I’m not going to claim that there is much artistry in it. Argue with…
lemon verbena sugar
I went to a wedding a few weeks ago. My husband was doing the music for the wedding, and although I knew the couple getting married, our slightly uninvited status allowed me to look in to a window a bit more than had I been more involved in the wedding myself. It was a startlingly…
apple bread
Of all of the fruit picking that we do around here, apples are my favorite. Quick, shady, and cheap- for these reasons, I pick numerous times over the course of the fall. Only with apple picking do I get a fulfillment of my expectations of how the experience will really be- a nice brisk walk…
Hail the size of basketballs
Okay, maybe actually very small golf balls. Nevertheless, ice rained down on my beautiful swiss chard and baby lettuce, the very first things I ever started from seed, and it is a green battlefield out there. And I’ll tell you, the swiss chard did not win. So tomorrow? Swiss Chard Pie. Mid July Swiss Chard…
Occasionally I teach workshops, and I have one coming up this fall. Join me and stellar novelist 