Bitter Gets Sweet (I Swear!): A Recipe for Caramelizing Turnips In a Cast...
I know you are thinking I have lost my mind. Last week it was celery root; this week it’s turnips. “Can’t she write about something delicious—or something my family will actually eat?” I hear you...
View ArticleOf Mice and Girls (And Baby Carrots, Too)
I’m always in a bit of a funk after Libby leaves. There’s a palpable void that I can’t quite describe, except that suddenly everything is much too quiet without her giggles and shrieks and pattering...
View ArticleBest Roasted Brussels Sprouts + 10 Fave Thanksgiving Sides
This time last year I was preparing to be on television the day before Thanksgiving. (The Martha Stewart Show—I cooked quick veggie sides from Fast, Fresh & Green.) A few years back I did a...
View ArticleAn Early Christmas Present From the UK—Roasted Veggie “Bundles”...
While I am not (as many people ask) related to Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge (formerly known as Kate Middleton), I am fond of many things British, especially in the “cookery” world. Two of my...
View ArticleTry Broccoflower in a Versatile Dutch-Oven Ragoût
If it’s January, I must be cooking Broccoflower. I picked some up at the grocery the other day because, frankly, our vegetable larder of turnips, rutabagas, kale, and beets is starting to freak me out....
View ArticleThe Last Onion and The Teeny Tiny Stir-Fry
Roy, Farmer, and I spent an exhausting day off-Island yesterday, driving around in the truck to assorted malls, stores, and appointments, loading up with supplies for various building projects, for...
View ArticleWhy Did The Chicken Fly the Coop? To Get to the Peas & Carrots, Of Course
I’ve been running inside a lot this week to grab my camera. It’s been one photo moment after another on the farm. On Sunday, we let the babies out of their coop into a temporary outdoor pen—their first...
View ArticleStormy Minestrone, A Recipe for Comfort
All I can think about today is soup. This may be because I have too many vegetables crowding up the fridge. After another round of recipe development and a pre-hurricane sweep of the garden, I am left...
View ArticleWinter Garden Salad: A Template Recipe for Greens + Roots
If we didn’t have 150 pounds of pork in the freezer, I could eat a warm salad of winter greens and roasted veggies every night. (Roy, not so much.) This is one of those recipe/techniques that I...
View ArticleIt’s Pub Day! Celebrating Fresh from the Farm with a Winter Green Market...
This is it—Fresh from the Farm: A Year of Recipes and Stories is now officially published, as of this morning. Yippee! I have no idea what this actually means. But I just learned that pub dates are...
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