December 20th, 2009 I need a break from cranberries and apples and cinnamon and chocolate and peppermint and winter/Christmas baking smells.
I need a smell and taste of summer. I need to celebrate that the days are now going to get longer and the growing season will be here again before I know it.
I was down in the Little [...]
December 19th, 2009 Our favorite way to cook our venison tenderloin filets is to crust them with pepper, sear and serve with a tart, fruity sauce.
First, mellow out the pepper. Put some olive oil in a small heavy saute pan and add coarsely ground black peppercorns (or smashed with a hammer if you don’t have a grinder – [...]
December 15th, 2009 It’s much nicer to heat up the kitchen in December than it is in August. Winter has become my jam-making time. I need to make some room in the freezer, so I’m ready to make elderberry jam.
As an added benefit, I’ve found I get a lot more juice from frozen/thawed berries than fresh ones. As [...]
August 15th, 2009 We are overrun with these things.
An Asian invader, Rubus phoenicolasius (commonly known around here as wineberries) annually threatens to take over our 1 acre universe. The problem: They taste really good. To birds and animals and insects and…us.
I do my part in trying to stop the spread of this noxious weed by picking them. Wouldn’t [...]
