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This is my last cooking project from the garden this year. It is the first time we grew tomatillos. I initially wanted them for our Tomatillo Soup. However, with an end of season bumper crop I had to do something additional with them, so I made this Tomatillo Sauce, which I found in the Moosewood … Read more
I really enjoyed this small volume and give it four stars. I chose to read it for my memoir class in September, but lingered over it. Now, when I could no longer renew it, I was finally motivated to stop savoring it so slowly and get on with finishing it. It was especially lovely to … Read more
We’ve got a lot of apples around. I’ve been making baked apples, and my husband has made his apple tart with cookie dough crust (see photos below). Our daughter has dried a bunch of enormous Mitsu apples in her food dehydrator. This weekend we are making his amazing Tart Tatin for friends, and I’ve just … Read more
As I mentioned, my daughter is taking a Botany class a couple mornings a week with a homeschool group north of here in New Milford, Connecticut. While she’s in class and it is is either too cold or too wet for painting (see here) or hiking (see here and here), or biking (see here) or … Read more
Usually we are harvesting tomatoes at the end of August, but this year we are harvesting them in October, with green ones still on the vine.
Between our own garden and our CSA share from the garden our daughter works in, we hadn’t yet been to the Farmer’s Market this year. We’ve missed it, and it
Our youngest daughter (in the red shirt in the photos) has a seasonal job in the CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) gardens at New Pond Farm. Here are some photos of the produce they’ve grown this August. There has been a wonderful bounty every week!
Our peach tree has so many peaches we had to install three props like the one shown below just to keep branches from braking off from the glorious burden of them. Time for peach and raspberry gallette! See our recipe here…
I am a regular contributor to the Danbury News Times Forum on Faith column, which is also picked up by the Connecticut Post and the Stamford Advocate. Anyway, you can read their edited version of the article online here or here or here or mine below: My Faith and Values Have led me to Oppose … Read more
Our New Pond Farm CSA is in full swing again and here are photos of what a week’s worth of our share looks like here in Connecticut. Lots of greens!
I became a vegetarian over thirty years ago, so food issues have long been of interest to me. I do not want to eat drugs or poison, and I really hope others don’t want to either. GMO’s (genetically modified organisms) must be labeled or banned here like they are abroad, so we know what we … Read more
My husband, an avid organic gardener, took me today to the third annual Heirloom Seed Festival. We heard some good music, talked to some wonderful people, and came away with lots of tomato plants, some sweet peppers, and flower seeds. We had a great time!
A lot of what you see here already has these recipe links on the blog: Red Lentil and Vegetable Soup Salmon Cakes Crustless Seafood Pie with Celeriac Mash Baked Eggs Over Power Greens A Better Banana Bread Baked Winter Squash Soup Watercress, Pear and Walnut Salad Roasted Asparagus Roasted Carrots Roasted Strawberries Vegetable Soup with … Read more
This is destined to become a favorite! For the Dressing: 1/4 teaspoon fine grain sea salt 12 fresh rosemary leaves (the spiky needles), minced 1 medium garlic clove, peeled 1 teaspoon sugar 1/2 cup organic sour cream 2 1/2 teaspoons white wine vinegar freshly ground black pepper to taste For the Salad: 3 large … Read more
After reading the above book (you can read my blog of What the World Eats here) last January, I have been noticing how our family’s consumption compares with
These photos are of Holbrook Farm (in Connecticut) where I stopped by today to pick up eggs. It was at least 30˚ warmer in their makeshift greenhouses, and I…
