If ever you stop by our house during the growing season and don’t find us milling around the pig meadow or the chicken coop, be sure to look in the garden. That’s where we can usually be found, particularly in the evening. Not only is it easiest to work in the garden after the heat… Continue Reading
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See You Saturday at Earthfest – in the Whole Foods Market Live Tent
This Saturday, May 17th, I’ll be joining a whole gaggle of great people: chefs, gardening experts, and philanthropists in the Whole Foods Market Live Tent at Radio 92.9’s Earthfest on the Esplanade in Boston. Starting at 11am and running through 4pm, the aforementioned gaggle will be doing cooking demonstrations, DIY gardening and composting demonstrations, and talking about… Continue Reading
Pumpkin Scones with Ginger-Honey Glaze
Scones are a tricky baked good. Some can be like biting into the ledge that New England sits upon; brittle bits of slate-like crumb, dry, yet dense – tempting us to dump their remains into bags labeled “Quickcrete” and then to plot how we can resell them as such at our local home improvement store.… Continue Reading
P. Allen Smith’s Blackberry Pork Chops: Recipe and Giveaway
Please do read all about P. Allen Smith’s fabulous book here, however, the giveaway is closed. Congratulations to City Girl, the winner of a signed copy of P. Allen Smith’s Seasonal Recipes from the Garden, and a $50 gift certificate to Monticello. The very first meal that I made for JR was for his birthday.… Continue Reading
Orange Soy-Ginger Chicken Stir Fry
This is really more of a sauté than a stir fry, if we’re being fussy about it. Stir frying requires high heat, while this dish is asking for an ever-so-slightly more gentle medium-high heat instead. Adjust the name as you like, it’s still simple and delicious, and is the dish that I demonstrated this past weekend… Continue Reading