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Now Things Get Interesting
Beets! We’re still eating greens, and not the least of them are the beet greens themselves, but the move from lettuce and spinach salads to more variety, including kale and Swiss chard, feels complete with the first beet harvest. Last year I … Continue reading
Next: Now Playing Until September 9
I just got back from a quick trip to Chicago. While there, I seriously lucked out and got to go to Grant Achatz’s restaurant Next for a preview dinner with my brother. My brother is a wine salesman and both a … Continue reading
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The Nettle Soup Experiment
Usually, I am not very interested in descending too far into the weed category for my food. Nettles are pretty far down there, not just a weed but a noxious, stinging weed! However, my sister-in-law Annie has been talking about … Continue reading
Gardening Consequences
When you read stories about people gardening, often it’s this idyllic picture of a grandmother and child or mother and child going out to the garden and picking and eating things right off the vine. Tomatoes bursting in their mouth. … Continue reading
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All Things Spinach: Palak Paneer
I went to the first outdoor farmer’s market in St. Joseph today, and was quite proud of my garden. I bought asparagus (next year I’ll have my own), but the other fresh offerings were all things I have (except green … Continue reading
Extending the Season: an experiment
I just looked back through this blog at the garden entries from May 2011, 2010 and 2009. I can’t quite believe I’ve been blogging this long but I’m also amazed at what a helpful chronicle it is of my gardening learning curve. Each year … Continue reading
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Easter Ham (2)
We hosted Easter again this year, and it has become one of my favorite days of the year. Everyone comes, so we have a crowd of more than 30 people. We’ve found spaces to seat 28 at tables, and a … Continue reading
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Fettuccine with Ricotta, Spinach and Duck Egg
A couple of nights ago I started watching the TED lecture videos on food that are now available through Netflix. (That’s a 21st century sentence if I ever read one…) I watched Mark Bittman and several others talking about being a … Continue reading
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Watercress Soup
Today Brother Walter from Saint John’s Abbey came by the retreat center where I work to give me a bag of late watercress. He knows I love it– it’s the very first vegetable of the season, growing in the shallows … Continue reading
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Saturday Shopping in NYC
We’ve been in New York City for about a week on our “winter” vacation. All three of Steve’s daughters live in Brooklyn within one square mile of each other, in the Clinton Hill/Prospect Heights neighborhood. Not surprisingly, our interests this … Continue reading