I know it is only the second week of September, but it really feels like fall here. Some trees are showing more than just hints of red and yellow and I’ve mostly been keeping the windows closed in our apartment. I would have taken a […]
Food preservation is in full swing here. It started with pesto, then last week I picked up a big bag of pickling cukes (so crisp and cucumbery!) and started a batch of dill pickles that are now fermenting and later will be canned. I also […]
This is the season when my obsession with food preservation begins. Usually, by mid-August, I have strawberries and blueberries in the freezer, maybe some jam or preserves canned and I am thinking about finding piles of tomatoes to make into salsa and sauce. Since we’ve […]
Now that we live in the mid-west, I am really missing the cooling ocean breezes of coastal Maine. I know it has been a hot summer pretty much everywhere. We all sweat and swelter and think that it must be hotter here than anywhere else. […]
A few days ago, I set out to bake a pie. We were having a party with veggies and corn to grill, black bean salad, watermelon gazpacho, fresh mozzarella with tomatoes and basil, and lots of good friends and family to eat with us one […]
In the past couple of weeks I’ve been spending time in the quite woods by a lake. Jumping in and swimming. Attending nightly showings of the sunset. Splashing in cold, cold, clear water. Watching the clouds go by. I hope you’ve been enjoying […]
Hi. Its still summer, we’re still in transition. I’m about to spend a couple of weeks with my family at a lake in western Maine where I plan to relax, hike, swim, kayak and enjoy being here. I have been neglecting this space, but I […]
In the past week I have been doing a bit of baking, partly in hopes of sharing them here. There was a strawberry shortcake which fulfilled my strawberry and whipped cream dreams, but the cake wasn’t all I had hoped for. I’ve also been trying […]
Between trying to spend as much time as possible with family and friends and looking for an apartment and a job in the new place we will be moving to, I haven’t had much time to cook, garden, sew or do any of my usual […]
As I’ve been stocking up our pantry and freezer for winter, I’ve been thinking about all the good things we will get to eat when everything outside is frozen and the farmer’s market is long gone. Most of all, I want to make sure that […]