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
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Vegetarian Stuffed Mushrooms with Roasted Cauliflower and Chives
Come Big Game time, there are plenty of meaty treats available: chicken wings, burgers and their diminutive slider cousins, hotdogs, meatballs and sausage, pulled pork, barbecue spare ribs, beef stew, nachos, chili. Sure, nachos and chili can be made vegetarian, but how often does that happen for Super Bowl? Not often, at least not in… Continue Reading
This Week in the Garden – mid-June: strawberries and wild turkeys
I’m a little tardy with this week’s garden update. JR and I took a very quick trip to North Carolina, stayed at a lovely bed and breakfast, ate outstanding North Carolina-style pulled pork (in vinegar and crushed red pepper sauce) and Brunswick stew, then hoofed it around Pinehurst No. 2 for the final day of the men’s… 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