
Apricot Jam with Lemon Thyme
My adventure with the lemony herbs of summer continues with lemon thyme. Recent success adding lemon verbena to blueberries made […]
Creativity in the kitchen and beyond
My adventure with the lemony herbs of summer continues with lemon thyme. Recent success adding lemon verbena to blueberries made […]
Lemony herbs always seem like summer. Lemon basil, lemon balm, lemon grass, lemon verbena, citrusy geraniums and so on. I […]
I would love my kitchen garden to be a true French potager. A pleasing and productive assortment of herbs, vegetables […]
My love affair with rose-scented geraniums started a few years ago. A friend offered trimmings from her herb garden while […]
I always think that peaches – like strawberries – need companions in their jam. I like to create a counterpoint […]
Summer cooking is mostly simple and fast. My husband says he’s starving and putters in the garden for half an […]
Don’t be timid. Treat late spring and early summer green herbs like vegetables. I toss them by the handful into […]
The saga of the 28-pound blue Hubbard squash continues… Partially prepared food saves precious minutes for weekday suppers. Since I’ve […]
Short on Christmas gifts? Or stocking stuffers? Even if you’re crazy busy like I am, a quick stop at a […]
At the end of the summer, I start preserving herbs in quantity. A couple of years ago, I wrote a […]
What grows together goes together. Vegetables and herbs that are in season at the same time often make great companions. […]
I believe in year-round gardening and farming, fingers crossed. Even though I live in a climate on the east coast […]
Call this wheat on wheat. Comfort food after days in the yard and basement, still cleaning up after the recent […]
What the fig? Another fig jam? I was actually intending to make fig jam with chipotle chili powder when I […]
A long row of magenta blossoms gently swaying in the breeze welcomes us back to the CSA in springtime. Like […]
I love an excess of a single ingredient that allows me to experiment. Watch what you wish for! Opening day […]