This is our last CSA box … at least until we decide we’re not getting enough veggies out of the yard. Somehow I suspect that’s going to be a while. I promptly snitched the leeks and added them to a cheese-and-vegetable pie which was our dinner last night. I got the idea from Sundays at […]
Vegetable Tart and Marinated Lettuce Sal...
Two things: One, I’m a dork and forgot to take pictures of dinner while I was making it. Sorry. Two: dinner was so good I totally forgot to take pictures of it before it was gone. Hee. Which is a long way of saying: no pictures today, sorry. But you want to try this, pictures […]
And this is why I cancelled my CSA.
From left to right: a mountain of basil, a bowl of onions, a mountain of lemon cucumbers, three zucchini and a patty pan squash, a couple of “Hottie” peppers, a fairytale eggplant, a handful of green beans, a pile of 4th of July tomatoes, a few Rainbow Blend tomatoes (one’s green and will go on […]
Labor Day
I’ll admit, I crashed out over the weekend. I was so tired. I took naps. Repeatedly. I don’t do that. But when Labor Day itself finally rolled around, I had enough energy and to spare, so while Uncle Pasto was barbecuing some fabulous smoked brisket, I spent most of the day working on the garden. […]
Doing some site updates
No, not any graphics updates … I wish! {: One of these days I’ll get my act together enough to get that done. I run an instance of RecipeShelf in the back end where you folks can’t see it yet. I’m doing an update to that tonight. I’m looking forward to some of the updated […]
Woo!
I’m pleased to be able to tell you folks that I applied for and was accepted as a contributing author for the upcoming Freedom Kitchens website. Freedom Kitchens is an expansion site from the awesome Dervaeses, the folks who brought you Path to Freedom and Freedom Gardens. Freedom Kitchens is not active yet, but will […]
I may never buy another grocery-store wa...
This beauty is from my backyard. Sweet, crisp, delicious, with a sugary afterglow that lasts … mmmm. It’s so good you can chew practically down to the green rind. These are Sugar Baby watermelons. We only got two, because I accidentally stepped on one. /: The other’s larger and will be picked and eaten shortly […]
Back to Wendell Berry
I wanted to tell you folks that I really think you should take a few hours and read Wendell Berry’s book, Bringing It To The Table. There are really good essays in there, and I want to point you in particular at a couple which I was moved by. The first examines how we have […]
Tamarind Morokyu
I’m currently reading a handful of food books — I do that all the time. The one I’m poking at today, though, is Eric Gower’s The Breakaway Cook. (He’s also the gentleman who writes the Breakaway Cook blog — tasty stuff over there — go check him out!) Anyway, so I have this pile of […]
[CSA Adventures] Winding down
Well, folks … My garden has been so abundant with produce that … er … well … I sent an email to my CSA today, canceling our service for the next quarter. I really enjoyed it, but at this point, I’m growing more food than we need. I’m growing so much that I took extra […]