A runny egg yolk takes the place of salad dressing in this warm, comforting breakfast salad. The writing style didn’t come easily to me. After years penning stories about arrests and trials and city ordinances and budgets as a journalist, I could formulate those news stories with ease. But to write about food — the…
Eating Locally
Looking Ahead to Our Maine Garden in 2019
It’s only January but planning is already underway for our Maine garden this year. Spring — and especially planting season — feels so distant right now. It’s January. We haven’t even hit the stride of winter in Maine yet, and the last frost won’t come for months. It was 1 degree when I heated up…
How to Boil Beets Whole | Cook Beets on the Stove
A root vegetable, beets are delicious in sandwiches, salads, pickled and more. Want to cook beets? Here’s how to boil beets whole. Canned beets were the bane of many a childhood – but not mine. In my house, fresh, round beets from the farmers market were destined for boiling in our kitchen on the cooktop. They…
Spiced Applesauce with Honey | How to Can Applesauce
Seasoned with cinnamon and nutmeg and sweetened with honey, my recipe for Spiced Applesauce with Honey is something I’ve been making since my oldest child was a wee toddler. He still loves it today. Naively, I used to think that my memory was special – it was long and detailed and, I thought, indestructible. I…
Dilly Beans or How to Make Pickled Green Beans with Dill Weed
The word pickles probably conjures an image of small cucumbers in brine or other pickling solution. But so many foods can be pickled — including green beans. This recipe for Dilly Beans, or Pickled Green Beans with Dill Weed, is a lovely way to preserve summer’s green bean harvest for enjoying all year. The beans came…
In Our Maine Garden, Week 7 … or the Tomatoes Cometh
After last year’s disappointing tomato season, we worried about trying to grow them again. Fortunately, the worry was for naught, as you’ll see in the seventh installment of In Our Maine Garden. Three tomato plants. That’s all we planted this year. Last year’s tomatoes were so sad, I didn’t have the heart to devote any more…
Carrot Top Chimichurri Sauce Recipe
Carrot tops combine with garlic, crushed red pepper, olive oil, red wine vinegar and salt to make a lovely Carrot Top Chimichurri sauce. This sauce is delicious with steak, seafood, on roasted veggies and more. As a nation, we aren’t really in tune enough with food. Real food, that is — the kind that grows…
In Our Maine Garden, Week 6 … Or Holy Growth!
Green beans and tomatoes and beets, oh my! It’s been a good growing season so far. Check out the progress in the sixth installment of In Our Maine Garden. This week, we harvested several pounds of green beans. We ate about half of them and I transformed the remainder of the beans into dilly beans. More…
In Our Maine Garden: Week 5, Or First Harvest!
We had our first harvest! Our plants are growing so well this season. Check them out in the fifth installment of In Our Maine Garden. Lettuce and shishito peppers, oh my! Our first harvest made a lovely salad. The variety of lettuce we’ve been growing (I think it’s a butter variety) has firm, bright leaves with…
In Our Maine Garden: Week 4, or I Can’t Believe We Grew This From Seed
Someone pinch me! Our garden is growing and I am still amazed that we did this all from seed. That’s what I am sharing in the fourth installment of In Our Maine Garden. When we planted radishes last year, I was surprised when they grew and even more surprised when the row was lush and full. Every…
