Certainly when the girls and Jon gifted me with a greenhouse for Mother’s Day last year, this is not what I was hoping for when I walked to the back of the house one recent blustery day! The winds blow so hard on our property that securing this house to the ground somehow becomes a [...]
Up until I discovered Scratch Baking Co.’s bagel recipe in their new and really cool journal, Baker’s Notes, I’d been using Julia Child’s/Dorie Greenspan‘s in Baking with Julia Child. Fear not Julia and Dorie, you both remain Goddesses to me. Both recipes are good and because the descriptions are so detailed, I was able to [...]
Recently Ella asked what a chicken nugget was and in one of those parenting moments when you realize so many things all at once, I thought about how sheltered she is, how lucky she is, how proud I am of the choices we are able to make and also, how sad that she doesn’t get [...]
Each year when we visited my grandparents for three summer weeks in their rural home in New York, we’d spend our time doing essentially nothing. It wasn’t exciting, it wasn’t exhilarating and it wasn’t elucidating. Sometimes it was boring. The funny thing is, however, that now I look back on those days with a rosy, [...]
My sewing machine whirred away for a while this Christmas season in an attempt to give small, meaningful gifts from the heart rather than the pocket book. These coasters were one such gift and I’ll be posting about others over the next few months. For those who have sailed on the Riggin already, the striped [...]
Meatloaf This is my mom’s recipe. As a little girl I loved the leftover meatloaf sandwiches more than the meal itself. 2 pounds ground beef 1 cup oatmeal or breadcrumbs 1 cup tomato juice or 2/3 cup milk 1 large egg 3 tablespoons ketchup 1 tablespoon dried onion 1 tablespoon dried parsley Salt and pepper to [...]
When I was testing waffle recipes for the column, Jon and I had an assembly line going. Me making batter, him cooking the waffles. Click over to the Portland Press Herald to find recipes for Potato Cilantro, Chili Chocolate, Mocha or Coconut Orange Chocolate Waffles. Peanut Butter Banana Waffles 1 ripe banana, mashed 1/2 cup [...]
Newfi Bread This recipe is a favorite on many vessels in the windjammer fleet. 2 tablespoons (2 packages) dry yeast 1/2 tablespoon salt 8 cups white all-purpose flour 3 cups warm water 2 tablespoons soft butter 1 cup molasses Combine the yeast, salt, and flour in a large bowl. Stir in all the remaining ingredients, reserving [...]
This recipe came to me as one of those happy accidents. During the middle of a catering job for 50 people, I popped what was meant to be a lightly cooked cabbage and squash slaw with flecks of both strewn throughout, into the oven. A few guests arriving, a few mini-catering emergencies later and this [...]
Italian Sausage Soup Sometimes I have leftover roasted garlic and I use it in place of the fresh garlic. If you have an herb garden like I do, then by all means use fresh herbs in place of the dried. 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 pound sweet Italian sausage, cut into 1/2-inch slices (or hot [...]
