Hostas
I’ve always wondered why so many old farm wives surrounded their houses with hostas. Why, with all that lawn available, with all those spaces around a farm house to tuck in bleeding hearts or sunflowers, or to trail petunias over the porch ledge, or to hang fuscias, would they leave their porches bare, and then […]
One Chicken, Three Meals: The Best Bargain at the Farmers’ Market
By Shannon Hayes Pardon the pun, but the one cut of meat I am most likely to see a new customer “bawk” at is a whole chicken. Whole, pasture-raised chickens sell from anywhere from $5-$8 per pound. Our price for whole birds is one third the price of a grassfed steak. Poultry is the […]
Slow. (Not stupid.)
Bob and I are on our morning walk, our ears tuned in to the new warblers that have come into the area this week, our eyes honed to catch glimpses of them along the side of the dirt road. This has become a deeply pleasurable ritual for us: the girls get their own breakfasts and […]
Perfectly Grilled Grassfed Burgers
For years I frittered around trying to make the perfect burger. I added garlic, Worcestershire sauce, any number of ingredients. Over time I discovered that, because ground beef is made from the most flavorful meat on the animal, less is more. A tiny bit of salt and a dash of pepper is all you need. […]
Hobby?!
I never anticipated such nasty language erupting from such a nice lady’s mouth. Her daughter just moved to the area, and they had come in to see what the cafe was like. As I cleared their plates, she told me about the years she and her husband had run a restaurant. “It was fun,” she […]
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