The garden has been producing for a while now but is really beginning to put forth a bounty. The garlic harvest is in and curing in the barn, preceded by those versatile garlic scapes that are so easy to cook … Read More
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a blog on one of my favorite soups, the Vietnamese Pho. Yesterday, I came across a recipe for another delicious, belly warming and fun to eat soup-“shabu- shabu”(roughly translated from Japanese as “swish-swish”). … Read More
I love my chickens and roos – Adeleida, Henrietta, Harriet, Trudy the Easter Egger, Constance, Minerva, Goldilocks and our two handsome roosters, Cornelius and Cocky-Locky. This time of year the hens gives us eggs a bit sporadically. It’s just too … Read More