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
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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
Caramelized Fennel with Orange
Our local grocery store is kind enough to donate their vegetable and fruit scraps to us as a supplement to our pigs’ diet. If the pigs’ weekly loot is any indication, fennel is not a terribly popular vegetable, which is unfortunate, as it is one of my favorites, and I believe it is deserving of… Continue Reading
Some Pig
Fair warning for those of you who prefer not to read about animals that end up on our plates. You’ll want to skip this one. Also, pig farmers or other livestock farmers who have no patience for those just starting out who may still be too soft (this may or may not be me), you’ll… Continue Reading
Israeli Cous Cous with Roasted Sweet Potato and Collard Greens
On Tuesdays and Thursdays each week, my local Whole Foods store is kind enough to provide me large trash bags full of their vegetable compost – well, they’re actually providing it to my pigs, but the pigs haven’t learned to drive just yet, and someone has to handle the transport. The loot is wildly popular with the… Continue Reading