Braised Chard Stems and Potatoes
I have the good fortune of having my in-town garden full of chard following a season of heartbreaking local crop […]
Oven-Roasted Garnet Yams with Cinnamon and Garlic
The organically grown baby “garnet yams” in our local produce market were just too good to pass up. I roasted […]
Cinnamon Pickled Grapes and a Refreshing Grape Shrub
Getting ready for the year-end holidays, I decided to pickle a new batch of grapes with a cinnamon stick and […]
Roasted Cauliflower and Leek Soup with Cheese Dipping Sticks
Cauliflower is among the few local crops that astonishingly have flourished despite the horribly wet growing season that rotted the […]
Waste Not Want Not – Apple Jelly with Thanksgiving Herbs or Spices
After peeling and coring eight organically grown apples for a Thanksgiving pie and sprinkling the slices with the juice of […]
Fish Curry Sri Lankan Style
Our local market recently had fresh albacore tuna from a fisherman whose boat, the Frances Anne, sails the Atlantic from […]
Homemade Seasonal Granola
There’s nothing store-bought that I’ve come across that matches homemade granola. It’s crazy to think of spending 4-5 times the […]
Chicken in Salsa Verde: Quesadillas and Enchiladas
With the abundant tomatillos and poblano peppers at the end of the growing season, I made great salsa verde two […]
Salsa Verde Two Ways: Roasted and with Ground Cherries
During the last weeks of October, leading up to our Halloween weekend snowstorm, we were harvesting ground cherries and tomatillos […]
Waste Not Want Not: Roast Chicken Stock, Escarole and Lettuce Soup
Every time I roast a chicken, I make stock from the carcass, stripping the bones of the last shreds of […]
More Flower Jellies: Borage and Marigold
This is a finale to three-quarters of a year of making jelly from flowers. It started with a lawn full […]
Homemade Tomato-Ginger Ketchup and Sweet Potato Fries
During one of my final canning sessions to use up all of the paste tomatoes I harvested at our CSA […]
November: a Birthday, Pumpkins and a Spiced Pumpkin Soup
This blog has just turned two years old. It started as a birthday gift to me from e, with a […]
Baked Pears in Spiced Cream
This is a go-to fall and winter dessert, a ready-when-you-are, last-minute triumph that seems more complex than it is. Winter […]
Chard Stuffed with Winter Squash, Brown Rice and Currants
These flavorful little bundles are perfect for a fall meal, simply served with a salad of bitter greens, pears and […]
Apple-Mace Muffins
These are the ultimate Sunday morning muffins – light but rich with a delicate crumb and a lingering spiciness. The […]
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