When I graduated from college, I got an award. It had been created by someone years ago, and officially, it was an award for public speaking. Confused, I took my little plaque or book or whatever it was they gave me, and I asked one of my professors what on earth the award was for….
a toast to the beginner, or, what to do with garlic scapes
When I graduated from college, I got an award. It had been created by someone years ago, and officially, it was an award for public speaking. Confused, I took my little plaque or book or whatever it was they gave me, and I asked one of my professors what on earth the award was for….
broccoli raab and green garlic quiche
A few weeks ago, I was at a new friend’s house for breakfast. She started to cook, and after a progression of events involving kids and coffee and other distractions resulted in burned butter in the frying pan, she confessed that although she was thrilled to have us over and she loved hosting people, she…
pickled garlic
Yes, I have pastoral British envy. I want elderflower rhubarb fool after the heritage roast that I cut myself and roasted on a spit in my very old hearth. I want stone walls and children with accents even though they wouldn’t really be accents because that’s how they talk. Sometimes, I just want to live…
garlic lemonade
I try to make it a habit to add recipes here after I’ve been asked for them a couple of times. Under that rule, this one is long overdue. I know, garlic lemonade? Sounds like something you might not want?Well, I apologize for my bluntness here, but you are wrong.Garlic Lemonade is just about the…
Occasionally I teach workshops, and I have one coming up this fall. Join me and stellar novelist 