Monthly Archives: May 2010
Gardening at Home
We finally got down to the business of planting our own plants today. I’ve been collecting vegetable, herb, and flower plants for a couple weeks, and in the extreme heat and humidity, we decided to not wait for Memorial Day … Continue reading
Posted in Earthboxes, Food, Gardening, Slow Food
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Third Annual EarthBox Extravaganza in Illinois
DH and I recently returned from an annual event. Each spring we visit his parents in central Illinois, and help them plant their EarthBox planter with tomatoes for the summer. This is tomato season #3 for them. Longer term readers … Continue reading
Morel Sauce with Roasted Asparagus
Now that I had the lovely morels from my foraging adventure, I decided to cook them as my contribution to a dinner party, where I was scheduled to bring an asparagus dish. I went searching the web for something seasonal … Continue reading
Foraging for Fungi
Connie and I had another adventure this weekend, this time near Rushford, MN, where we went foraging for wild food – the coveted morels. Neither of us had been foraging before, but morels are delicious, and hey, it’s free food, … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Slow Food
Tagged farm, morels, mushrooms, O'Neill Family Farms, Rushford, Sheep Improvement Company
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Meet Our Farmer
If there’s nothing else we’ve learned from movies like Food, Inc. and announcements like this in the New York Times last week, we’ve learned there’s a lot of value in knowing about where your food comes from, how it is … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Gardening, Slow Food
Tagged chicken, CSA, eggs, farm, free-range chicken, grass-fed beef, llamas, Suncrest Gardens, wood-fired pizza
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A Common Thread: Quilts and Fiber Art at Artistic Roots Gallery
If any of you find yourself in Plymouth, NH, this May, please check out this show. That is, if you needed a better reason to visit New Hampshire in the spring. My quilts are in the photo on their website. … Continue reading
Hummus – The Slow (and cheap) Way
Hummus (There are several possible spellings for this word) is one of those foods that we see almost everywhere now, either served with raw vegetables or pita bread triangles. Or in vegetarian sandwiches, or drizzled with olive oil as a … Continue reading
Posted in Cook's 100, Food, Recipes, Slow Food
Tagged beans, dips, garbanzo, tahini, vegetarian
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Asparagus Pickling Extravaganza
It’s officially asparagus season in southwest Wisconsin and southeast Minnesota. Spring is really here. After our success with Dilly Beans last summer, my friend Connie of MyPart and I jumped at the opportunity to pickle some of that asparagus goodness, … Continue reading
