Dandelions are either revered or reviled. It really depends on who you ask. I grew up delighted at the site of the yellow blooms, often adding them to wildflower bouquets for my mom. My neighbors were not delighted at the site—though I never had to ask them. It was evident in their dandelion-less lawn. As …
Spinach is amazing. Plant it in the fall, leave it be in an unheated hoop house, under a thin fabric covering, through weeks of below zero temperatures, and then one sunny day, pop back in for a harvest. Seriously, I’m astounded. Of course, we knew this would happen. We planned for it. And still, after …
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January is National Soup Month! What?! I know, I’m as surprised as you are—who knew there was such a thing as National Soup Month? I thought it was simply soup season, as in October — February (because by March I’m really ready to move on to salads). But thanks to my local coop, I know …
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I have a (slightly embarrassing) confession. I didn’t eat sauerkraut until I was 23. The embarrassing part isn’t that it took me so long to eat it, but that it took me so long to know what it was. Like kale and bok choi and hakurei turnips, I didn’t discover kraut until I began …
Homemade Sauerkraut & How it Taught Me to Grow a Life I Love Read More »
All mornings are perfect for homemade chai, but some particularly so. Take this morning: a clear sky, the first hard frost crystallizing the fields, and the warmth of the wood stove against the crispness of a November day. Even if it’s not the weekend, making chai gives me permission to stretch the morning out, to …
It’s that time: cold season. My son Waylon’s been stuffed up all week with a head cold and a cough. Yesterday Edge caught the same thing, and the two of them cozied up together on the couch for a daytime movie. There was a time I believed I’d never allow multiple days of movies …
