This is one of those dinners that is not for the kind of person who is afraid of mixing things on the plate. I caramelized zucchini in a tablespoon of olive oil with whole cloves of garlic — a medium heat, with infrequent stirring and a good stout pan, will get it done in a [...]
Tagged chiles, cucumber, dog, Eggs, garlic, monday's supper, pickles, saladsIt’s been so hot here, and so dry, the kind of weather we usually don’t see until August. Unbroken 90F or better for more than a week now, and no rain at all. It’s hard on the gardens, and on the gardeners. I water every day, carrying buckets of water from the rain barrels to [...]
Tagged Garden, green beans, leafy greensWhooboy, it’s been a time around here, chickens. I’m deep, deep in the crunch, though not yet in the weeds thank God, with a book deadline July 15. So if postings get a little catch-as-catch can, fear not, it’s just that the book has eaten my head, my hands, and probably my cooking time, as [...]
Tagged chard, leafy greens, Mexican, monday's supper, pickles, porkSince what I’m eating for dinner tonight is exactly the same as what I ate for lunch, I figured I’d take y’all on a little tour of the garden instead of subjecting you to yet another photo of my food. This rose is “Mermaid,” an old, simple rose with a vigorous and sprawling habit, a [...]
Tagged beans, blueberries, elderberries, flowers, Garden, greens, herbs, peppers, pumpkin, tomatoes, wednesday's supperFor those of you who are still unconvinced that delicious, home-cooked dinners with local ingredients are out of your reach due to time constraints, let me just tell you that our dinner tonight took me a grand total of 15 minutes start to finish to prepare. And that includes the time it took to go [...]
Tagged bison, chard, Eggs, leafy greens, monday's supper, salads, sausageThis is the second patch of unseasonably hot weather we’ve “enjoyed” here in Baltimore this spring. I can’t say that I care for it being 90 F, but my roses, shameless opportunists that they are, are bursting into bloom. Meet Penelope, an old variety of hybrid musk rose that dates from 1924. She grows on [...]
Tagged flowers, fruit, Garden