Tag Archives: Cooking

Homemade Doughnuts Care of Grandma

Glen, a long time Riggin Relic and friend, is often the first to greet me in the morning and I am often the first to greet him, with his cup of steaming coffee in hand.  His cup is poured before anyone else’s, one because he’s a guest and two because he’s down in the galley […]

Spinach Smoothie – Green AND Tasty

A good friend of mine often shows up to our meetings together with her breakfast – a bright green drink so brilliant, it’s hard to know how she got it to be that green.  We are talking neon, nuclear green.   So one day, I asked her.  Spinach, she says, is the key, without the […]

Herbs Arrive in the Garden

Some silent but beautiful signs of spring and life in the garden…  Hello, old friends.

Thank you for the small changes I see everyday

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 […]

Blueberry Cream Cheese Scones Celebrate the Cover Coming Off

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 […]

Easter Day

Roasted Leg of Lamb Stuffed with Parsley Walnut Pesto

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 […]

Red Rice and Asparagus Salad

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 […]

Walk Awaaaay From the Computer

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 […]

No-Knead Bread 101 – Artisinal Roasted Garlic and Black Olive Bread

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 […]

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