Fennel and Watermelon Salad
Ground Cherry Clafoutis
Spinach Cheddar Custard
In the Spring Garden
With my garden fork, I gently turned over the soil in my kitchen garden this weekend. Like a beautiful blank canvas waiting for the artist to create, it’s pretty easy to be in that glass-full kind of mood. The days are longer, tiny green shoots of garlic and rhubarb are pressing up through the soil, […]
The New Farm Based Seed Company
Embracing the New Farm-Based Seed Company The truth about mainstream seed catalogs is that few of them grow their own seeds. It is mostly a buy-sell business, where seeds are grown on large farms by contract, harvested, and sold to a middleman who sells them to a garden catalog to repackage. Rarely do they get […]
Cranberry Orange Scones
My recipe for cranberry-orange scones first appeared in Vermont Country Store Cookbook, developed by one of my recipe testers to replace the one that Mildred Orton baked for her family. Due to the whole wheat flour she used, hers were rather dense and slightly serious; it was necessary to eat them right away, as they […]
Carrot Orange Marmalade
Because it’s winter, and making and giving food this time of year is so satisfying, I’ll share one of my favorite recipes. Meet carrot-orange marmalade, made with only four ingredients: organic lemons, oranges, carrots and sugar. Simmer on stovetop until thick, yet also tests on a candy thermometer at 220F. Pack into decorative French marmalade […]
Heirloom Pumpkin Apple Bisque
Vermont Apple Pie
It’s the only one left. I spend a lot of time thinking about this old tree, the trunk twisted and hollow, and who might have planted her a hundred years ago. Winter storms have had their way with the others yet despite the odds, this bumper crop is keeping me busy making sauce and apple […]