After threatening to start a farmette last year, with best, yet insufficiently serious intentions, this winter, we were finally able to locate pigs to add to our otherwise avian (and canine – let’s not forget canine) menagerie. But not just any pigs, mind you. Given my preoccupation with obscure winter squash, and our love of… Continue Reading
Author Archives: Amy
A Leap-Day Leap
There’s been a lot going on on our little farm this winter, and today, on Leap Day, I’ve taken the leap and launched a farm-centric blog. I’ll still be posting here, because there’s still lots of inexpensive delicious food to discuss, though I’m really excited to start sharing more of the farm madness with you… Continue Reading
Welcome to Tiny Farmhouse!
When I first met JR, way back in the early 1990s, he was raising Black Angus cattle. He was a little ahead of the curve in his cattle-rearing (like 20 years or so), as they were grass-fed. And this was a good thing, because they were tasty, but also a bad thing, because technique for cooking grass-fed… Continue Reading
Three-Bean Chili (and nachos, too)
With the Super Bowl quickly approaching, I have a pressing question for you: Do you ever do the menu visualization trick when you’re in a restaurant that isn’t, well, a fine dining establishment? You know, the dive-y, pubby places where you just know that the kitchen staff cuts the package open, pours it into the… Continue Reading
Feast of the Seven Fishes
“You have to post the menu,” my sister-in-law informed me on Christmas day. “I mean, that was totally redonk.” You know it’s redonk, too, when mid-brunch – mid giant smorgasbord of choices brunch on Christmas day, your family is reviewing their favorite of the seven fishes. “The scallops. The scallops were my favorite,” my brother… Continue Reading