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Growing up, my family always had a Tickle Trunk. It was a big black old-fashioned thing with metal hinges and clasps - both my cousin and I could fit inside it. It had some really interesting costume pieces in it: old wedding veils, a couple of wigs, old shirts, ties, skirts, high heeled shoes, scarfs, ...
I had to shake up the routine today, so I did three things I haven't done in a long time: I made a big batch of granola. It's different every time, but this time, it's awesome. I made a quiche, which turned out to be the most perfect quiche I've ever done. The butter pastry was perfect. ...
Babies are usually ready to start solid foods by the time they are six months old. A few babies will thrive on just breastmilk until their ninth month, and others will be eager for new tastes and sensations at five months. Try to wait as long as possible. There is no danger in delaying the introduction of ...
In a small bowl, mix dry ingredients. In a second small bowl, whisk egg yolks with water until frothy. Add rice milk and applesauce and whisk again until well combined. Add wet ingredients to dry and stir quickly until just mixed. There should be loads of tiny bubbles on top. Let batter sit 5 to 10 minutes, ...
I do hate to go on about this, but I found a recipe for Pumpkin Pancakes in one of those health magazines that is free for a reason, and sure enough, one of the ingredients is "pancake mix". So, am I supposed to make up some "pancake mix" to keep in the pantry, just ...
I borrowed a cookbook once that promised me quick and easy crockpot recipes using only "five ingredients that everyone has in their pantry." In one recipe, I needed a can of cream of chicken soup; in another, a jar of bbq sauce; in another, a half of a package of biscuit mix. Needless ...
With all of the tomatoes ripening on the counter, it was no surprise to find a few fruit flies flitting around. I detest them. So, in a mild panic, I decided to get every scrap of food off the counter and into the fridge, and I put the kitchen compost outside on the ...
I don't ever remember October being this dark and wet. Unpredictable, yes, but never consistently dreary and damp. The annual golf tournament at the cottage is held on Thanksgiving weekend. It's always a roll of the die as to what the weather will be like. We've had Indian Summer and we've had blistering ...
I harvested potatoes and onions today. The onions are perfect, round and uniform - I'm quite pleased. The only bummer is that I didn't plant enough of them. The potatoes are from my second planting, which I did in the experimental stacked bins. Russet Burbanks in all three. RBs are ...
Tonight we witnessed a beautiful double rainbow and a starling party.
Something's feasting on my winter spinach. I can recognize rabbit damage when I see it, so I've started a nightly cayenne ritual. I grew the pretty pepper plants two years ago to defend my garden against small critters. They were gorgeous plants, very bushy, just dripping with bright red finger-sized peppers. I ...
Another frost warning tonight. This time, with help from family, the plants were covered while it was still daylight. It may be the first of October, so frost protection is a little silly, but my peppers need more time and I intend to give it to them. I planted them when they were little ...
It was a strange day of intermittent sunshowers. Capricious weather. Mercurial. Jeckyll-and-Hyde. The clouds would part, the sun would burst through, then the rain would come. It's a lovely time to be outside, actually. The sunlight flashes off the dripping plants and leaves you too dazzled to do any ...
So, I'm sitting here eating my raw vanilla ice cream, and I've finally got my raw crackers in the dehydrator, after waiting a day and a half for my raw macaroons to reach the perfect crispness, and I'm thinking It's time to come out of the closet. It's been over a year since I ...
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