I used to seriously dislike radishes. They are so sneaky – pretty, alluring red and then, BAM, hot-peppery-cabbage taste. However, before you go nodding your head with the “uh, huh, sista,” consider a radish that’s not been sitting in a bag for two weeks waiting for some unsuspecting person who loves colorful food to put […]
By Annie Mahle
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Posted in Columns, Cooking, Garden, Uncategorized, Vegetables, Vegetarian
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Also tagged fish taco recipe, Fish Tacos, grilled radish, grilled vegetables, Homemade Tortillas, Pineapple and Red Pepper Salsa., Radish and Red Onion Salsa, Radish recipe, Refried Pinto Beans
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Some silent but beautiful signs of spring and life in the garden… Hello, old friends.
By Annie Mahle
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Posted in Close to Home, Eco-Friendly & Sustainability, Garden, Herbs, Uncategorized, Vegetarian
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Also tagged 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 […]
These photos are outtakes from a photo shoot for the new cookbook, Sugar and Salt. This is the chapter is for the September segments called Cooking with my Girls.
Sometimes when I plant pea seeds in the garden, I can feel my impatience to see them sprout and feel there is a small child inside of me avidly watching the ground for the first sign of lime green to poke through deep brown. That child is practically dancing around the pea bed, with barely […]
To go with the Red Rice and Asparagus Salad posted yesterday… Roasted Leg of Lamb Stuffed with Parsley Walnut Pesto The size of the lamb leg will vary depending on how large the animal was when butchered. I’ve seen them as small as 4 pounds and as large as 8 pounds. Most of the ones […]
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 […]
April 15, 2013 – 12:24 pm
Sometimes, no matter how mountainous the piles, no matter how voluminous the dust bunnies, no matter how numerous the emails, when a person opens the door to personally receive the mail from the mailman and feels not a blast of icy air but gentle warmth and gets a whiff of not brisk or crisp, but […]
By Annie Mahle
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Posted in Eco-Friendly & Sustainability, Garden, Salad, Uncategorized, Vegetables
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Also tagged cold frame, cold weather crops, cold weather gardening, Cooking, four season gardening, Gardening in Maine, Growing Greens, Maine, reicpes
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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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Posted in Breads, Close to Home, Cook the Book, Cooking, Cooking 101, Grains and Pasta, Uncategorized, Vegetarian
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Also tagged bread, Cooking, No Knead Bread, Recipes, roasted garlic and black olive bread
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