If you’re any kind of catholic and have heard mass in another language, you may have had the surreal experience of recognizing where the priest is in the liturgy by the flow of his words, even though you don’t speak the language. I’ve only made two hard cheeses now, but I’m already starting to recognize … More The Unprocessed Process
My house smells divine at this moment. There are tomatoes slow-roasting in the oven, but the dominant smell is that of kale. Kale, sandwiched between potatoes and a whole chicken, in a crockpot. Fall is food. The ebullient joy and mad anxious rush of harvest-time, gathering in and putting up for winter. Storing up beauty … More Putting Up Apples
So, I have this thing about cheese. The thing is, I really love cheese. I like fancy cheese and cheap cheese. I like havarti and New york Sharp cheddar and chipotle pepper jack. I like drunken goat on a good cracker. I like cottage cheese with cheesy crackers. I like grated yellow cheddar by the … More The Thing about Cheese
[A note about the blog update situation – the transfer to new hosting doesn’t work quite how I thought it would (not surprising, given that my understanding of the inner workings of the internet is not unlike a middle schooler’s understanding of self-confidence). Basically, I thought I was going to be able to change the … More CSA-ccountability, Month #5 – August/September
So, by “tomorrow” I obviously meant “Saturday.” Turns out I wanted to include this past Wednesday’s share in this update, then I got kind o sick, and sort of distracted by re-reading The Hunger Games… But whatever. No more waiting on tenterhook-banana-hangers, here’s the fruit and veg we’ve been eating during the 4th month of our … More CSA-ccountability, Month #4 – July/August
Am I two months behind? Really?! Oh dear oh dear. Just goes to show how CPE shoved every single thing out of my mind unless it was absolutely necessary to my sanity or my family’s continued sucking of oxygen. Now that my breather is really settling in, it is amazing how important these unimportant things are … More CSA-ccountability, Month #3 – June/July
You’re my friend, right? So you’ll pretend this was posted a week ago. Because what’s a week in the grand scheme of our lives? Well, come to think of it, a week is a lot when you’re dealing with fresh vegetables. It’s hard to believe that in the middle of May, just a little more than … More CSA-ccountability – Month #2, May/June
For those of you who have been having trouble accessing the blog lately, I sincerely apologize. There are some weird problems going on, that neither me nor my husband has really had time to fix, and that our various service providers aren’t taking very seriously. I hope to get this sorted soon, but I don’t … More Sprouting Experiment the Second
Here I give you stage 1 of the Gluten Reintroduction Experiment. The Grand Plan: make a loaf of bread a week, and eat a slice or two a day. Start with the most allegedly easy-to-digest options, then work my way back to commercial whole wheat bread, seeing if symptoms recur at any point. (For me, it’s … More Sprouting Experiment the First
I might not be a farmer. Not quite. One farmer I read recently said that if you have dirt you are responsible for, you are a farmer. In which case, my three pots of peas on the back porch are my membership card in the farmers’ club. But in the meantime, joining a CSA might … More CSA-ccountability – Month #1, April/May
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