Who’s got two thumbs and three pounds of rhubarb in the fridge? This gal! I feel like we always had rhubarb growing in the garden when I was a kid, and one of the ways we liked it best was stewed, warm from the stovetop, over a scoop of vanilla ice cream. My mom still … [Read more…]
What an odd week it’s been where I live in Colorado. All week I knew that the forecast for Thursday was 20-degrees and snow, and yet I waited until after dark on Wednesday night to bring in my basil plant and throw sheets over my flowers. Similarly, my husband had the air compressor running long … [Read more…]
Just when I started to worry that I missed peach season… we went to a farmers market and discovered that it’s here in all its glory! I like to support organic orchards and struck gold with a bag of fruit from the ELA Family Farms stand at a market near downtown Denver. (What a fool … [Read more…]
Boy do I have a story for you! A couple of weeks ago I wrote about my quest to find Michigan-like cider doughnuts on the orchard-barren front range of Colorado. I searched online for recipes that sounded like the best contenders for true cidery goodness based on the trustworthiness of the source and the author’s … [Read more…]
So… I made rugelach for the first time last week, and – not surprisingly – my family loved it. I’ve never made it before because it seemed too simple – I didn’t think it could be very special. However, in the spirit of trying new things, I signed up for emails from King Arthur Flour’s … [Read more…]