Eating local during the months before the garden really gets going is the toughest. My body is craving fruit and LOTS of veggies but they all come from far, far away… except for what’s in the freezer and the pantry. Can’t get much more local than that! Not only does it feel terrific [...]
Yesterday was a food-filled day and today my head is bursting with new recipes to create and stories to tell. I can’t decide where to let my fingers fly – the kitchen or the keyboard.
Kitchen first, to bake a loaf of no-knead bread which I started yesterday when Sharon was visiting. I wanted to show [...]
For everyone with a craft or a skill, there come moments when you view past work and creations with your more learned self and struggle to find acceptance of that work. Those moments come for me when I look at recipes I wrote five years ago. I’m five years more experienced, five years more trained, [...]
In honor of the 6th annual Pies on Parade event, a fundraiser to benefit the local food pantry and fuel assistance programs, in Rockland this upcoming Sunday sharing a pie recipe with you seems fitting. This Berry Pie recipe is silky and luscious.
Berry Pie
Pie Crust
1 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup plus 2 tbs butter
2 tbs ice cold water (or more)
Filling:
4 cups [...]
One of my favorite things in life is to turn something that was useful into something else and give it new life. For example, I just adore those blankets made from felted wool sweaters. Another one? I’ve been saving some of my favorite clothes the girls outgrow to eventually make a quilt. Or knitting fingerless [...]
Every year, three or four mom’s and our kidlets congregate in one of our small kitchens and completely sugar up our kids with Christmas cookies. Mountains of frosting and sprinkles are usually constructed on top of the unrecognizable sugar cookies as they decorate with an unrestrained hand. The floors are wooden and everything wipes down [...]
Grandma’s Ginger Cookies
This recipe was first given to me by my grandma, in her hand writing. The card still rests in my recipe box with all of the other memories she gave me. The smell of them baking always brings the feel of how soft a hug was from her.
My grandma used shortening (Crisco) but [...]
Yesterday, just to prove to Rebecca, our very organized onsite gardener of Gabriella’s Gardens, that I could do it, I filed last year’s seeds. Not alphabetically as she was hinting I should, but by category – greens, heat loving plants like tomatoes, sprawlers like cucs and squash, flowers, herbs and lastly, bushy things. You know, [...]
This ice cream is just waiting for the juicy, red berries that burden the vines on the perimeter of the garden. Of all of the purchases I’ve made for the garden over the years, these have been the most rewarding. They are an everbearing variety (don’t ask me what kind, I’ve completely lost track) and [...]
Ginger Ice Cream
This recipe is in honor of a deck hand that was with us for several years. He turned me on to ginger beer, although the one he likes will blow the back of your head off. The crystallized ginger at the end isn’t a necessity, just depends on how much you love ginger. [...]
