I wanted to wish you all a happy holiday season while I’m between baking tasks. I have been reading August Escoffier’s autobiography the last few days. If you aren’t familiar with him, he is a French chef who worked in the late 1800s and early 1900s. His legacy is frequently cited as that of having… Continue Reading
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Planting Daffodil Bulbs
Daffodils are the tenth wedding anniversary flower, so, this year, on our tenth wedding anniversary (who are we to buck tradition?), we ordered 100 daffodil bulbs to fill out the very unkempt garden that sits right in front of our barn. The garden is also directly in front of our kitchen window, though at a… Continue Reading
This Week in the Garden – Early-August and so much mess
To avoid the mess that is our early-August garden, let’s start with one of the better looking spots in the garden, like, say this volunteer sunflower in the herb bed that has 11 flower heads coming off of one robust stalk. We’ll just ogle this one flower and its honeybee friend for a moment before… Continue Reading
Brockton Beans
JR and I met at a local golf course where I was the bartender and he was a member. Member implies something fancy, and, in that regard, is a bit of a misnomer used in reference to this particular golf course. Around town it was known as a rowdy, blue collar club. However, he did… Continue Reading
The Rapscallion and the Donut Trees
When I was a freshman in high school, I had my eye on a pair of Zodiak boots that at age fourteen, I was ill-equipped to afford, what with a savings account consisting of approximately $147.63 and some immature U.S. Savings Bonds as assets. U.S. Savings Bonds which, upon maturity just two years later would… Continue Reading