DESSERT FOR DINNER can be anytime, yet when the children were little, I would often serve dessert for dinner during the month of February. We called it the backwards month, because DESSERT FOR DINNER was my attempt to make dinner fun by starting from the end. There are many dessert options that contain healthy ingredients such […]
Food Gardens
FOOD GARDENS. Perhaps of all the arts, gardening is the only one that smiles on imitation, and lends itself to the recreation of whatever the gardener might adopt from other gardeners. How else can we all start with the same three ingredients: seeds, plants and soil, yet the results are always different? Our gardens are […]
Winter Fruit
Winter fruit is fresh fruit captured in frozen bags, that often drift to the bottom of the freezer in forgotten disarray. We all know that fruit is at its best during the height of the season, yet somehow it seems logical to freeze extra pints of raspberries, strawberries and blueberries. But frozen berries lose their […]
Ginger Snaps
Makes 4 dozen cookies Ginger snap cookies have been standard New England fare for decades. I’ve added more ginger and other spices, with a crunchy dusting of sugar. Tempting as an afternoon snack, or better yet, stuff the ice cream inside two cookies to make a sandwich. This recipe makes a big batch, so plan […]
Carrot Orange Marmalade
Landscape Design
LANDSCAPE DESIGN involves listening and observing the world and imagining new ways to sculpt the earth in subtle ways to engage curiosity, and connection. It also requires exploring different ideas on paper, and not just falling back on the most familiar square or rectangle for planting a kitchen garden. Too often I see kitchen gardens […]
Cheddar Popover Recipe
