Red Sky at Night, Sailors Delight

Sunrises at the end of summer are often spectacular displays of color, and last week, on the day it rained for ten hours, the sky suggested the weather rhyme “red sky in morning, sailors take warning.” When I was a girl growing up in Massachusetts, I fancied myself a woman of the ocean, even though [...]

Roasted Red Peppers for the Freezer

I woke up Saturday morning to the cold and thought to myself, I think we’ll go out to the farm and pick peppers, tomatoes and beans. Then I’ll have to go buy a small freezer. Roasted red peppers, oh my. I lay in bed with the sun streaming past the window (the bedroom window faces [...]

Drying Herbs for Cooking

Here we are at Friday, and I’m just getting around to posting about last weekend. It’s been a crazy-busy week, with something happening almost every evening. But last weekend I busted out the dehydrator and harvested some of my culinary herbs. Here you see Thai Basil, Rosemary, Marjoram, Opal Basil, Thyme and Greek Oregano. I’ll [...]

Taste of the Season

So in the comments, on my last post Kim asks: Alright, so… give already. Did it taste as good as it looked? Yes. Yes, it did. That gazpacho was pure summer in a bowl. But you know what? It turns out I only enjoy just a little bit of that and then I’m all played [...]

I Got Your Macho Gazpacho Right Here

I haven’t eaten a single local peach this summer. I’m just saying. Geeze-oh-man, the weather alarmists are way off base for our zip-pity-do-dah the past two days. It’s been hot, muggy, still (except for yesterday when a stiff breeze blew over my 7′ tall patch of Matt’s Wild Cherry and Yellow Pear tomatoes). Usually when [...]

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