Last night and today have seen a lot of activity in our small kitchen. As bread dough has gone from sloppy to slowly rising. Cherries and apples have become divine smelling pies. Cranberries and dried sour cherries became delicious condiment. And local arugula and spinach are becoming a succulent salad.
As I’ve spent my evening and […]
until we have turkey, two of them actually. Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday, and has been since I was a little kid. I’ve been in charge of the pies for my family since I finished my first home-ec class in 7th grade. And I’ve been told that I make really good pies. The irony of course […]
Posted in locavore on Nov 20th, 2007
I knew there was a reason other than her scrumptious looking meals that I like Kim. It’s because of days like today when she says what I tried to say a couple months ago. But so much better.
I’m a bad blogger. Or at least I played one this past week. I cooked a number of local meals, including an informal Sunday dinner for friends, but wrote about none of them. On Sunday we had meatloaf, mashers, broccoli and salad - all of it made from local ingredients. I used my favorite meatloaf […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 19th, 2007
Is coming soon. It was a busy weekend. The recap is about 75% finished and I should have it up later tonight. Sorry for the delay.
There are times that I’m embarrassed to be an American. Times when it is driven home to me just how far removed from it’s constituents our government has become. Times when I really feel strongly that countries with stricter agricultural guidelines than ours are not only smarter, they’re fundamentally safer.
Today is one of those times:
PA to ban […]
Posted in urban chickens, reading on Nov 13th, 2007
The last of the cherry leaves are still holding on, but the rest of the trees around here are pretty much gone. This week it has struck me that the dark days of winter really are upon us. It’s barely light when I leave for work and it’s dark well before I leave the office.
I notice […]
