Chutney Love: Recipe for Preserving Summer
Whether praising peaches, exalting raspberries or ogling apricots, I'd have to say I gush over seasonal fruit. What I don't grow well (and that's a big category...
Figs in a Blanket: Tucking In Some Amazing Flavor
Fig in a blanket: sweet, savory, earthy, and easy to make
As a blogging goes, I try not to repeat myself. (If only I could apply...
Freezing Berries and Rocket Science
With buckets of blackberries dotting my counter, I was telling a friend that I should blog about How to Freeze Berries. Arched eyebrow notwithstanding, and a...
The Beauty of Dandelion Wisdom
Yesterday, I stood on my porch grousing about the legions of dandelions encamped on my lawn. Hours later, my goddaughter Isabel stood among them, delighting in their presence. Where I saw weeds, she...
Seattle Bats: Dinner and a Show
Summer is a powerful elixir for most Seattleites. We drink in summer (i.e., July and August) like a tonic that cures the ailments brought...
How to Make Ketchup & Blue Ribbon Redemption
As good as it gets: homemade ketchup from homegrown tomatoes via some lessons learned.
My culinary redemption is complete. As some of you may recall, my last attempt to...
Apricot Preserves Recipe: Jam Making as Alchemy
This apricot jam recipe is golden on all levels, a mixture of simple ingredients creating a whole greater than the sum of its parts. As my...
An Urgent Message From My Lawn Chairs
What friends won't tell you, tensile strength and gravity will.
When the universe speaks, it's good to listen. Should you ignore the headsup, you may find yourself bottoms up,...
Tom’s Top Ten Reasons to Grow Raspberries
Raspberries beat the pants off just about anything I grow. Strawberries are whiners; peaches beyond picky; apples moonlight as pest magnets; and grapes grouse to...
Simple Lives Thursday Meet Fashionably Late Friday
Boz looks concerned. I promise Boz, your dinner time will never be fashionably late.
My pal Annette over at Sustainable Eats (along with a couple of...
