Just Like When We Were Kids

Pookie and I took a trip into New York City last month on assignment for my job, and during our down time we had a very hurried lunch at Caffe Grazie on the Upper East Side. We really wished we’d had more time, because they had a really impressive assortment of drinks on the [...]

Preparing For The Icy Wastelands Of Winter

There are times when my enthusiasm for my farm share wanes a bit, and I let a surplus of some vegetable or another go to waste because I’m not really in the mood to deal with it before it spoils. This weekend was not one of those times. Yeah, I was a total [...]

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 [...]

I Love The Mojitos, I Love The Sorbet… I Love The Mojito Sorbet!

One of my wonderful birthday presents this year was a White Mountain ice cream maker. I’ve had a cheap little ice cream maker for a few years now, but it never produced a satisfactory end product; everything I’d read about making ice cream at home suggested that to do it really right, you need [...]