Food

Christmas Pears

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The indulgence of these pears at Christmastime is a family tradition for us. They are amazingly succulent, tantalizingly sweet and lusciously perfect. You can see we lit into this and ate one before I realized I should photograph it for this blog. They come from Harry and David (see here) and are called Royal Riviera … Read more

Holiday Groceries

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This is not where we usually shop. We come here twice a year, once to get our Christmas tree and again in the spring to get annual bedding plants. They were weird about me taking photographs; the security guard told me I couldn’t unless I asked at the courtesy desk; the courtesy desk said it … Read more

Recipe: Veggie Sausage Casserole

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  This tastes better than that picture looks! Sometimes you need some comfort food that is easy to make and that makes wonderful leftovers zapped in the microwave for busy days. This dish fits the bill on both accounts. The base recipe here is my mother’s delicious homemade macaroni and cheese recipe. I have that … Read more

Photos of NYC Food

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I like a lot of things abut New York City, but the variety and quality of food to choose from is definitely one of them. Most of these photos were taken on a stroll through Dean and Deluca (click here for their website) where this time we only bought Parmesan cheese straws and a drink … Read more

Dried Apples

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Last February, as some readers of this blog may remember, my 12 year old daughter asked for and got a food dehydrator for her birthday. Since then it has been living on our kitchen counter, and has just finished duty until next June when we can crank into drying strawberries again. Strawberries and apples are … Read more

Recipe: Great Pumpkin Chili

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Thanks Glyna! Glyna is my husband’s cousin’s wife as well as a reader of this blog. A couple days ago she sent me this recipe and we are so glad she did! It is mild but wonderful and VERY EASY to make. She tells me it originally came from the Gooseberry Patch’s new cookbook Autumn … Read more

Recipe for Apple Cake

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I first had this many years ago just after my brother-in-law’s funeral; it was made and shared with our family by my sister’s neighbor. We loved it so much we obtained the recipe and have made it ever since. We have come to adjust it slightly over the years, so I’ll share the original recipe … Read more

Recipe: Autumn Vegetable Soup

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Autumn Vegetable Soup

  This is one of our favorite soups and I’ve made it every fall for nearly 20 years. It is from Mollie Katzen’s wonderful book Still Life With Menu (page 76 – or in my copy, just turn to the most stained page.) I highly recommend it. It wouldn’t be fall here without it. This … Read more

This Week’s Shared Harvest Haul

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We’ve enjoyed being part of what New Pond Farm here calls their “shared harvest” program. Other places call the same idea CSA’s (Community Supported Agriculture.) We pay a yearly fee based on how much labor we are willing to contribute. Our twelve year old daughter enjoys working in these fields so much that she has … Read more

Our Glorious Tomatoes

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This has been a notoriously bad year for tomatoes because it rained for the first six weeks of summer and was too cold for these plants who wanted steamy hot sunshine in which to grow. I hear of many plants blighted, and poor or nonexistent yields. Given the fact that we planted sixteen plants, maybe … Read more