vegetables

  • Kitchen garden (V)

    It’s been a while since the last update from the garden. Unfortunately, in between moving and travel, the poor tomatoes and peas had a rough transition. Those big green tomatoes I planned on harvesting? The squirrels at my new place… Continue reading

  • Kitchen garden (IV)

    It’s been pointed out to me since last week’s post that my memory is playing tricks. We didn’t sing “Summertime” in high school, we sang it in middle school…with my friends, not my sister. Maybe it’s because I’m too busy… Continue reading

  • Kitchen garden (III)

    Dropped in to share this exciting development in the kitchen garden: three pea pods have appeared, with more on the way! I am half-tempted to name them, but the rational part of me reins in that enthusiasm. I’d been amazed… Continue reading

  • Kitchen garden (II)

    An update on the garden: The tomatoes are flourishing, after being re-potted to deeper pots and staked with bamboo and sisal. (I think it looks rather pretty, don’t you?) However, I originally planted three per pot, and since none of them died… Continue reading

  • Corn pudding

    There’s nothing that says summer quite like corn. Corn on the cob, scorched with grill marks, dripping with butter. Husks that remind me of bark stripped off a tree. Corn silk that seems to get stuck everywhere, from your teeth… Continue reading

  • Turnip tops

    What is it about being on vacation? You sleep better. You get to spend long hours reading or flipping through magazines. You go for long, chilly walks. You actually crave vegetables for lunch instead of pizza. For me, the first… Continue reading

  • Parsnips redux

    For the past few weeks, I’ve been thinking a lot about food. Not just perusing recipes to figure out what to make for dinner (although that is one of my major hobbies), but about what I choose to consume. It… Continue reading

  • Brunswick Stew

    We are pulling Christmas together here in Ohio. Everyone’s pitched in wherever they can, and the house is finally starting to look holiday-ish. We’re winding garlands around the banisters and laying boxwood across the mantle. We keep asking each other,… Continue reading

  • Fried Parsnips

    I have always been wary of parsnips. When I was little, our dinner vegetables tended toward the traditional: peas, green beans, corn, carrots, salad. For a long time I didn’t know what parsnips were. Based on the name I thought… Continue reading

  • Fried Potatoes

    I’m starting to notice something about this project. Are you? There’s not a lot of color in prairie food. It’s mostly shades of brown. Which could go to a gross place, but I’d rather think of it as a commentary… Continue reading