November 7th, 2009 My rosemary plant in the herb garden did not survive last winter (I try every year, but mine never make it), so this spring I went to buy a replacement. We only have two local nurseries that sell plants, and no one had any rosemary. It can be difficult to start from seed and would [...]
October 31st, 2009 October is National Pizza Month (who thinks up these “holidays”, anyway?), so let’s celebrate!
We live in an area that doesn’t have pizza delivery (we also don’t have a car, and “running out for a pizza” takes on a whole new meaning) so we make it ourselves. Besides being a lot cheaper than a store-bought pizza, [...]
June 25th, 2009 It’s almost time to pick beets. We still have a few quarts left from last year’s harvest, and a favorite summer side dish of ours is pickled beets.
I use home-canned beets, but the canned ones from the grocery store work just as well.
This original recipe is from the 1944 edition of The Good Housekeeping Cookbook. [...]
