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Havest Mistake
Two weeks ago, I made a significant harvest mistake. I haven’t wanted to admit it on the blog, but hey, I am a new gardener. As Steve said, “You won’t do this next year!” I just can’t understand why I … Continue reading
One Night of Cauliflower
Remember when I bought four cauliflower plants back in May, thinking they were cabbage? Well, I can’t remember a single time I have cooked cauliflower before tonight. I pulled out two of the four plants to make room for the cabbage … Continue reading
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Locavore
It’s easy to be a locavore come July in Minnesota. Between the garden, the St. Joseph Farmer’s Market and our new Minnesota Street Market Co-op that carries Forest mushrooms grown right up the road and local, organic milk, I’m even making local pizzas! Friday … Continue reading
Fruit
In Barbara Kingsolver’s book Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, when the family contemplates what they will miss most during their year of eating locally and seasonally, her older daughter laments the loss of fresh fruit. With good planning, after a year one could … Continue reading
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Blues Salad
With good weather, the mind as well as the body does seem to come alive. I could probably be writing three blog entries a day with all that’s going on in my head. I hope to get at least a few … Continue reading
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The Salad Days
tomato plants at Heritage Farm, Decorah, Iowa I officially began eating garden salads on June 1, and that has been my dinner mainstay every day since. (I admit, I was gone three days to Iowa.) I find that not only does … Continue reading
Good Food
It’s Memorial Day weekend, and the season of several (video) movies a week is officially over and the season of cooking has begun. Also, feel free to wear white pants and shoes after Monday. After working today on The Art of … Continue reading
American Cress
When I was living and working on the campus of Saint John’s University/Abbey, I was the recipient of regular spring gifts of watercress. The watercress was established by Fr. Godfrey Diekmann, a monk of St. John’s Abbey who was quite … Continue reading
First Harvest
The rhubarb has been, like everything, slow in coming in, but I did manage to get four cups of rhubarb picked on Friday for the first dish from the garden. With some remaining frozen strawberries and help from epicurious.com, I … Continue reading
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Best Ham Ever
It’s been almost a week since Easter, but I’m still thinking about the ham. I was determined this year not just to stick a grocery store ham with some kind of glaze on it in the oven and hope for … Continue reading