The area around Asti – in the Piedmont region of Italy – is most famous for its sparkling and semi-sparkling wines, notably Asti, which until 1994 was known as Asti Spumante (immortalized with the rhyme “pop off the top, and rock with my posse” for you denizens of late-1980s Hip Hop), a sparkling white which… Continue Reading
Author Archives: Amy
Pumpkin Scones with Ginger-Honey Glaze
Scones are a tricky baked good. Some can be like biting into the ledge that New England sits upon; brittle bits of slate-like crumb, dry, yet dense – tempting us to dump their remains into bags labeled “Quickcrete” and then to plot how we can resell them as such at our local home improvement store.… Continue Reading
Poor Girl Gourmet Pointers: A concise feature, for a change
A writer friend of mine has been suggesting that I set up an “Ask Amy” section of the blog, an idea that I like, but that I feel should be its own separate space here, and as my dance card only just cleared out yesterday (I delivered the copy edited PGG cookbook manuscript back to… Continue Reading
Collard Greens Pie
Collard greens seed starts were a last-minute impulse purchase at the farm stand this spring. Though I am generally prohibited by my frugal philosophy from impulsive spending, I figured that acquiring six plants for $2.60 was a reasonable gamble. After all, even if I chopped down each of the plants in its prime and ate… Continue Reading
Just Me
“I don’t know about you, but I think of fall as a new beginning,” JR said one evening last week as we sat in the garden. “Yeah, me too,” I exclaimed, surprised as much that we shared this philosophy as I was that after six years of marriage, and nearly twenty years of our lives… Continue Reading