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Kitchen Chronicles
Chronicles of a Postage Stamp Gardener: Birds and other Pests
So how are your gardens growing? Look at all that lettuce in mine! Some pretty exciting stuff is beginning to happen in my front yard. My mint is taking over my other beds, as it usually does and I’m already snipping some for salads. In fact, my friend Liz and I made a delicious chick pea, feta ...
“You can’t ever mess up.”
My cooking date with Suzy started with those reassuring words as we set out to make Matzo Toffee. Even though I’m a confident cook and play with recipes all the time, always changing them to make them my own, there’s something about Matzo Crunch. Sure, it’s easy to make, with a few simple ...
Chronicles of a Postage Stamp Gardener: Spring Break Magic
“The object is to set out the plants so that their outer leaves just touch one another when the plants are about three quarters mature and so the leaves basically carpet the bed when they are fully mature.”- Duane Newcombe I was away for just three days and it’s amazing what has grown in that ...
Cookies and Cream
Actually, it was macaroons and banana cream pie! Egg Beaters were whirring, coconut was everywhere and the baking sheets lined up and ready to cook last Wednesday in my petit, well-used kitchen. It was the fourth year in a row that Jackie and I made macaroons together and since our friend Debbie was ...
Chronicles of a Postage Stamp Gardener: Signs of Growth!
It’s been nine days since the first planting and there’s already a lot of growth in my garden. Tiny little green plants sprouting through my dirt! I’m almost tempted to give you a recipe for my favorite roasted beet and carrot mixed green salad. But I’ll hold off until I really have the garden fresh ...
Power Cooking
That’s how Suzy summed up our intense taquito-making date last Wednesday. We had two 15-inch skillets going and three different fillings to work with, so it was a pretty crazy hour and a half. And for Suzy who likes to keep things simple, I could see how she’d call it “power cooking.” Since we ...
Chronicles of a Postage Stamp Gardener: Soaking & Sketching by a Waning Moon
"If you watch the growth of your garden awhile in relation to various phases of the moon, you’ll see some startling things.” ...
Leaving Burritoville
It’s spring cleaning time in my kitchen. I’m trying to use up every last item in my freezer and pantry, making way for fresh new foods. Just as some people get excited to buy a few new outfits each season, I’m eager to refresh my pantry and freezer. (Don’t get me wrong, I’ll also welcome a shopping ...
Chronicles of a Postage Stamp Gardener: 4-By-4 Boxed Garden
“For some reason, 4-by-4 gardens spark the imagination of a lot of people. They are so neat and clean and easy to handle. You can walk all the way around them; you can thin the plants without having to get dirty; and you can have as many as you want in any arrangement you like.” Duane ...