At our girls’ school, maple sugaring is the responsibility of the third grade. I don’t know if it’s a Waldorf tradition or if its just our school, but the process and the history gets passed down from one class to another. The sugar shack was built a number of years ago by that year’s third [...]
Chloe’s birthday was earlier this month. The cookbook Baked: New Frontiers in Baking by Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafito was hanging around on loan from Sharon and after thumbing through it, Chloe decided to try the Root Beer Bundt Cake for her cake. Report: E said, “OMG, the frosting is not only good, it’s stick [...]
This soup is not your average Campbell’s with a side of cheese sandwich, although I wouldn’t pass on the grilled cheese. It’s bright, tangy, zesty and imminently satisfying to the body for it’s flavor and to the mind for the childhood memories it brings to the fore. This time of year, canned tomatoes are perfectly [...]
Artichokes are one of my favorite foods. It’s a toss up between the flavor of them and how much fun the leaves are to eat. This week’s column features these versatile veggie with: Veal Shanks w/Artichokes, Mushrooms and Cream Artichoke Leaves with Garlic and Lemon Artichoke, Feta and Green Bean Salad Don’t forget that the [...]
The days slip, quickly. It’s hard to believe that it was over a week ago now that I took a canning and preserving class at Ten Apple Farm in Yarmouth. Margaret, co-owner of the farm and author of The Year of the Goat, and Alison, Master Canner extraordinaire, couldn’t have been better hosts. I’ve been [...]
Love this cake. It’s like a warm, cashmere cardigan that you can dress up or down but always feel comfortable wearing. And it’s tops for evoking memories of Grandma in the kitchen with her ruffled apron wrapped around her waist. I can almost feel her enveloping me in her arms, my face mushed into her [...]
There are some years where it stays so cold and snowy all the way up to June that I can’t bring myself to bundle up and trudge outside to prune the apple trees. This year, however, we’ve had such a warm spell that it was a treat to spend several hours outside without my head [...]
It’s terrific. I love it. I’m so grateful! Before… After! More photos of the kitchen renovation are in my Facebook Album. Annie Yippee! Email this • Share on Facebook • Twitter • Digg This! • Save to del.icio.us • Stumble It!
For those of you who are in the area, and are 55 or older (I’m sure they will be carding everyone at the door), I’ll be giving a talk on our life on the Riggin, how we’ve come to create a sustainable business within the eco-tourism sector and all of the interesting projects on which [...]
Irish Soda Bread goes perfect with New England Boiled Dinner and of course the perfect side for your St Patrick’s Day dinner. There are several theories as to the significance of the cross in soda bread. Some believe that the cross was placed in the bread to ward off evil (the devil) or to let [...]
