I couldn’t teach my kid to read. So I taught her about neuroplasticity. I prop a special slanted desk on the porch table at the farm as Ula puffs air out of her cheeks in annoyance. It is a beautiful day. She wants to spend it with the chickens. But I am there, armed with […]
Eulogy for a Dog
As a farm kid, Ula is accustomed to the cycle of life and death. But she wasn’t accustomed to my sadness. “Somebody just died.” Ula begins. “Somebody was just born,” I answer, smiling. “Somebody is crying,” she responds. “Somebody is laughing.” “Somebody is scared.” “Somebody is eating ice cream.” “Somebody’s happy.” “Somebody’s sad.” […]
Eat your heart out.
For some folks, summer begins with Memorial Day. For us, it begins with the first platter of chicken hearts, the little harvest we enjoy for ourselves after the first batch of pastured chickens has been processed and sold. Grilled and served on skewers, Saoirse and Ula always devour them in a ravenous frenzy. I don’t […]
My Mothers’ Day Gift
She swore at me. I ignored her. It was just a typical Mothers’ Day. Until I thought I could lose her. The heroine had decided to go down into the basement. Alone. It was a trap. I knew she was making a mistake. But she was the last hope — the only one who could prevent […]
The Big Fat Smackdown
I thought if we did everything right, we wouldn’t face the same troubles as everyone else. I’m so thankful I was wrong. I am standing in line in front of an inflatable bounce house next to a DJ’s screaming speakers at a fundraising event on the SUNY Albany campus. I am a place holder for Saoirse, […]
Sausage and Peppers…made easy!
Tomorrow we have to crank out 450 pounds of sausage to be ready for our market season. With so much work to do, I need a lunch that offers stamina, but that can take care of cooking itself. Enter sausage and peppers, à la my great friend, Heather Guyer. She likes to make this when […]
Book Deadline!
Thanks to everyone who helped make The Grassfed Gourmet the best selling sustainable meat cookbook in the country. After 10 years, it is time to release a new edition…but I have to finish the updates first! In order to keep to the production schedule, I need to put the blog on hold and make a push for […]
Can we truly honor the earth on Earth Day?
As a radical homemaker, I want to live within the bounds of our ecosystem. But to do so, I’ve had to defy impossible odds, break the law, and quite possibly deny my children something that has been considered a fundamental entitlement in this country. This blog post is drawn from a talk I delivered in […]
Caramelized Onions, Part 4: Spiced Chuck Steak with Caramelized Onions
Wow! I actually ran out of onions this week! But here’s one last recipe for those of you who still have a few left in the larder, borrowed from Long Way on a Little, which, of course, can be found for sale on this page. The ebook version can be found here. The chuck steak, […]
Why is everybody looking for a handout?
I got angry when my sister observed that “everybody is looking for a handout”…until I realized how many times I’d said it myself. “Would you prefer to ride a dragon, or a winged tiger?” Ula is skipping between Saoirse and me as we head up the road for a morning walk. “I have this one […]
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