First of the Garden Meals, 2010
Suppertime. There's no veg in my fridge, nor fruit, for that matter. No meat, and only a little cheese. But I do have veg…
Suppertime. There's no veg in my fridge, nor fruit, for that matter. No meat, and only a little cheese. But I do have veg…
It never wins prizes for its looks, but this rustic pastry with caramelized onions, Gruyere, and bacon always wins hearts. When I serve it…
Tonight I roasted delicata with garlic and oil, an easy fall staple. Roasting brings out squash's sweetness and mellows the garlic, and delicata's…
Tonight's ingredients, all now underway. Carrots, leeks, and herbs from my garden. Beans local. Cranberries regional (and organic). Chicken that led a happy…
The other day I scooped up a load of shell beans grown on a local farm. They may have been cranberry beans; they weren't…
Basil plus garlic equals pesto (four pounds).
We'll have frost tonight, twenty-nine degrees. That will be the end of the tender crops: peppers, beans, eggplant, basil. So it was a day…
I dug these carrots and leeks about fifteen minutes ago. In another fifteen, I'll have them prepped and laid into a baking dish with…
The shallot harvest. Earth, air, sun, water, and time converted one pound of shallots into two and a half. Maybe next year I'll shoot…
The onions were ready today. They lifted easily from their moorings, a sure sign of ripeness. I pulled them all and laid them out…
I grew this pepper. I ate this pepper.
Today, the garlic was ready to be pulled. It made a big pile: Which I pared down to a smaller pile: Which is now…