Is That Bulgur I See There?

Back in September, 2002 there was a recipe for Chicken and Bulgur Salad with Avocado Food & Wine that I decided to try because I happened to have a bottle of the recommended wine pairing (a 2001 Lindemans Padthaway chardonnay) on hand. This is the first and only time to date that I’ve flipped [...]

Farm Haul: It’s Starting To Look Like Summer

Last week I didn’t bother writing about our farm haul because it was more of the early-season same: buckets of strawberries and a bunch of heads of lettuce. This week, though, a bit more variety is creeping into things. As I walked out of the farm stand with my arms straining under the [...]

A Super Summery Treat

Even though it’s not technically summer yet, it’s feeling full-on summery these days. It’s hot and humid, and we’re all feeling pretty damn lazy.

The living? Is easy.
So this week I decided the best thing to do with my six quarts of borderline overripe strawberries was to make ice cream. I used the [...]

Hey! Wasn’t That The Name Of Those Scented Dolls When We Were Kids?

So this week we had a terrible convergence: a staggering, late-August-esque heat wave (temperatures up near 100, humidity right up there with it) and the bulk of the strawberry crop at the farm. So yesterday Boomer and I went out to pick six quarts of strawberries, and ended up with a gazillion berries that [...]

Farm 2008: The Berries Ripen

Huzzah!

After about a month of cold and rain, the sun finally came out, just in time to ripen up the strawberries at the farm. This week’s PYO haul? Three quarts!

Unlike last week, where it took an hour to find just four berries, this week all I had to do was put my basket [...]