I received an e-mail recently as I often do, with a request for some baking help for my daughter’s school. This time it was a specific request for a few hundred butter cookies in the shape of a letter B, decorated in school spirit colors, blue and yellow. I noticed that my friend Christina was also ...
Kitchen Chronicles
Chronicles of a Postage Stamp Gardener: Soil Rehab
Don’t be fooled by the snow. It really is spring and under that heap of white is some new soil which I’ve been working really hard on! “Put yourself in this picture. It’s a beautiful day. There’s not a cloud in the sky. The temperature is in the middle 80’s. And there you are in your backyard ...
A Little Bit Irish and a lot of Tradition
Amidst our busy schedules, my friend Jackie and I snuck in a little Irish on St. Patrick’s Day. It was our third year in a row baking Irish soda bread together, officially coining a tradition. I had a corned beef simmering on the stove and a hunk of cabbage ready for a quick sauté for dinner (ok, so ...
Chronicles of a Postage Stamp Gardener: Embracing the Earthworm
This digging up the garden thing is a lot of work and quite an interesting experience for me. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve done some casual garden digging before, but now I have a completely different outlook. The earthworm improves the soil by swallowing it and later expelling it in the form of ...
Inspiration comes full circle (sometimes without us even knowing it)
While Suzy and I were making pot pies together last week, the “what’s for dinner” conversation happened, as it often will. I suggested she try the simple apricot curry pork I made the night before and showed her our leftovers. She asked for the recipe, remarking how delicious it looked. As I took ...
Inspiration comes full circle (sometimes without us even knowing it)
While Suzy and I were making pot pies together last week, the “what’s for dinner” conversation happened, as it often will. I suggested she try the simple apricot curry pork I made the night before and showed her our leftovers. She asked for the recipe, remarking how delicious it looked. As I took ...
Chronicles of a Postage Stamp Gardener: Long Live the Shrub!
Sorry neighbors! In a nod to my parent’s carefree hippie lifestyle in the 70’s, I’m planting my veggies in the front yard. Pretty scary! I want this garden to work. Badly. So I’m headed to where the sun is and taking no chances. “Six hours of direct sunlight.” That’s what Duane Newcombe (my ...
Successful Adult School Class
I taught a fun cooking class at the Adult School in Montclair last night with sixteen enthusiastic students. Some of the students came in small groups and others came alone, but we all mixed and mingled and experienced cooking together while making mini Chicken Pot Pies and Root Vegetable Pot Pies. ...
Pot Pie Partners
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“Chronicles of a Postage Stamp Gardener”
I’m excited to let you know that I’m starting a new section to my blog which will appear frequently. I’ve thought a lot about where my new blog should go, whether or not I should find it a home somewhere out in the blogosphere or keep it right here in the comfy home of CWF. Well, as Dorothy famously ...