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…
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Rustic Onion Tart
It never wins prizes for its looks, but this rustic pastry with caramelized onions, Gruyere, and bacon always wins hearts. When I serve it…
Roasted Delicata Squash
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…
Harvest Meal
Tonight's ingredients, all now underway. Carrots, leeks, and herbs from my garden. Beans local. Cranberries regional (and organic). Chicken that led a happy…
Refritos, Northern Style
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…
Pesto
Basil plus garlic equals pesto (four pounds).
Abundance
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…
From Soil to Table
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…
Shallots
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…
Onion Harvest
The onions were ready today. They lifted easily from their moorings, a sure sign of ripeness. I pulled them all and laid them out…
My Brilliant Pepper
I grew this pepper. I ate this pepper.
Fresh Garlic
Today, the garlic was ready to be pulled. It made a big pile: Which I pared down to a smaller pile: Which is now…