Some silent but beautiful signs of spring and life in the garden… Hello, old friends.
By Annie Mahle
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Also posted in Close to Home, Eco-Friendly & Sustainability, Garden, Herbs, Uncategorized
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Tagged Annie Mahle, chives, Cooking, garden, herbs, horseradish, loveage, Recipes, tarragon
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Thank you. Thank you for the sun, the warm weather, the seeds that are sprouting and the really simple plastic covers that are making it all possible. Thank you for it all. It’s such a blessing to walk in the garden everyday and delight in new growth and green. The plastic is a new idea […]
This week the cover came off the schooner! Sunny, warm, and folks we are going sailing soon. Now it’s just a race to see what we can get done before we drop the paint brushes and sanders, the cleaning rags and brass polish and hoist the sails for the first time. This is a lovely […]
By Annie Mahle
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Also posted in Breads, Breakfast, Close to Home, Cooking, Desserts & Sweet Endings, Fruit, Our Maine Windjammer, Uncategorized
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Tagged black dinah chocolates, blueberry cream cheese scones, Cooking, desserted, kate schaeffer, Maine blueberies, Recipes
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Easter weekend for us is always comprised of orphaned families, including ours, converging on our house for a large meal. By ‘orphaned families’ I mean those families who don’t live near extended family and can’t always celebrate every holiday together. Most of us don’t travel for this holiday, but instead, gather every year to create […]
Bread is not easy. Anytime we deal with a living organism, there is unpredictability. Live things just don’t always do what we wish, or it takes longer, or it happens faster. In any event, it’s not always on our exacting timetable. But it doesn’t have to be so maddening. A number of people have said […]
By Annie Mahle
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Also posted in Uncategorized, Cooking, Close to Home, Breads, Grains and Pasta, Cooking 101, Cook the Book
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Tagged Recipes, Cooking, No Knead Bread, Annie Mahle, bread, roasted garlic and black olive bread
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Radishes, spinach and lettuce seeds are all happily sprouting on the window sill in the kitchen where I can water them, love on them, enjoy them and talk to them. The ground is still mostly covered with snow. The skies are often gray but oddly bright with frequent white fluffy flakes drifting down. And inside, […]
By Annie Mahle
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Also posted in Uncategorized, Eco-Friendly & Sustainability, Close to Home, Vegetables, My Favorite Things, Garden
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Tagged Maine, Recipes, Cooking, Annie Mahle, greenhouse, micro-greens
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December 26, 2012 – 3:07 pm
Whether it’s for the holidays or just normal meal times, how families split the work load of getting dinner on the table is as varied as the domiciles in which they reside. How does your family split the work load? – and ordering pizza doesn’t count! In our family if one cooks, the others clean. […]
December 12, 2012 – 2:40 pm
Wow! The response to the Orange Marmalade Pound Cake post was serious. Ya’ll really like your citrus, huh? Thanks for all the emails and comments. It’s always fun to chat with everyone. Today my Maine Ingredient column ran and it’s on all different kinds of baked brie. Who doesn’t love that? My favorite (today at […]
November 20, 2012 – 1:16 pm
Dear Grandma, Well, the moment I’ve been dreaming about and waited on for so long has arrived and I’m about to go out to harvest my first crop of elderberries. When I do, I’ll don a white, long sleeved shirt that Jon tossed into the rag pile, only it won’t go down to my knees […]
By Annie Mahle
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Also posted in Uncategorized, Cooking, Eco-Friendly & Sustainability, Close to Home, My Favorite Things, Garden, Canning and Preserving, Fruit
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Tagged Recipes, Cooking, Annie Mahle, elderberries, jam, grandma
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November 6, 2012 – 10:30 am
Good morning to my cupboard barren of cereal. Good morning to my refrigerator bereft of milk. I have things that I can make without going to the grocery store. I can go one or two more days without spending money. Today I will have Cheddar Cheese Polenta (Or maybe its grits if you are having […]
