The secret to chili is how you select and use your chili peppers. If dried ancho and chipotle peppers are not available in your local market, just substitute, bearing these points in mind: dried chiles have a richer, fruitier flavor than fresh; smaller chiles are hotter than larger ones; the seeds and white veins generally […]
The $4000.00 Cartwheel
I should have pruned my blueberries months ago, when the winter sun was just starting to rise higher in the sky. I should have broadforked my cut flower bed last fall, then seeded it to a winter cover crop so the soil would be nourished and easier to work this spring. I should have kept […]
Ground Beef Curry
Week two of my ground beef Odyssey…. Here, again, I used ground beef in a braising recipe that would ordinarily take several hours with stew beef. By substituting the ground beef, I had a one-dish meal on the table in under 45 minutes. And the leftovers have been fabulous. Serves 6-8 3 tablespoons lard […]
Peepers
Welcome back! The long winter’s rest if officially over, and I’m so happy to be back to blogging. It’s been a long and strange winter, but beautiful nonetheless….Thanks for joining the blog for another season! According to one of my college literature professors, the song of the dangerous sirens Oddyseus so longed to hear harkened to […]
Ground Beef Vindaloo…in 60 minutes
I think it was my 28th birthday when Bob and I decided to dedicate the day to teaching ourselves how to cook Indian Cuisine. We bought books and ingredients weeks ahead. My fantasy was to spend my day in the kitchen, learning new recipes, spend some time outdoors hiking and skiing, and then sitting down […]
Chicken Pot Pie Recipe
Serves 4 Here’s one of our most popular dishes…Along with a video on how to make it (and wow! The YouTube cover image makes it look like I’m flapping my arms like a chicken…How as propos): Filling 2 Tbs lard or butter 1 medium potato, diced (super-small) 1 small onion, diced 1 carrot, diced 1 […]
A long winters’ rest
Thanks for all your support this year. As many of you know, now is the time when this blog goes to sleep. Our family lives more privately during the winter months, and I am, once again, working on my novel. If you really miss all of us at Sap Bush Hollow Farm, come see us Saturday […]
Shut up and eat.
I have five non-biological siblings: men and women with whom I’ve spent the most formative years of my life building trust, defending each other, looking out for each other, coming to each others’ sides in times of need. I have only one biological sibling. He and I can draw blood over cranberry sauce. I don’t […]
Documentary filmmaker looking for Radical Homemaker stories
Do you have a story you’d be willing to share about your journey to become a radical homemaker? Do you want to be a radical homemaker but don’t know how to extract yourself from your job, medical insurance or way of life? Was it hard to learn what you needed to know to become a radical […]
A letter to my daughter
For over a decade, this has been a purple blog: a mix of red readers and blue readers. Inevitably I periodically anger half of you with my political views. That’s okay. Because like my family and community, you continue to be part of my life. Today’s post, an open letter to my 13 year old […]
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