Last Friday, I woke up and made maple scones. The girls were home because it was parent conference day, and they rolled out of bed before I did and tucked themselves onto the couch with the third Harry Potter movie. And so, with the dramatic tones of the HP theme as my background (warring, of…
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Today, I’m 34. Joey gave me a lemon tree, and a good friend of mine had a baby girl. I’m celebrating! Also, I’ve had a drink that’s gone right to my head (I know, I know, never write after drinking, but it’s my birthday!) Part blood orange, part lemon, part honey, and part Maker’s Mark….
the black radish
This is a different radish (perhaps the sexiest of them all). Elizabeth at Indian Line Farm grows these every year, and they store so well through the Fall that I find myself talking about them through both the November and December holiday markets. “Sell the black radishes!” She tells me. This is no perky nipple…
tahini cookies
There’s been a run of gorgeous cookbooks in the last few months–big, hardcover, giftable, expensive tomes that weigh about as much as a cast iron pan. They look like they come from the same family, kind of like cousins. There’s Japanese Farm Food, which first I borrowed from a friend, then bought for myself and…
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This weekend, Rosie sat me down and recited her holiday list. Sadie, always eavesdropping and ready to jump in, popped her head around the corner. “Oh, you want to hear mine?” I can tell they’ve been rehearsing for the moment. The lists change from year to year, but they always have this crazy range of…
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