Posted in AnnArbor.com, Farm to Fork, Growing Goodies, Health, Recipes on October 11, 2010
Last season, I was tired of kale. Tired of sautéing leaves, tired of putting green stalks in soup, tired of the dense chewiness, tired of hearing how good it is for me (high in flavonoids, blah blah). So, come late last October, I choked down the rest of the leaves, relieved to be finished with [...]
Posted in AnnArbor.com, Backyard Chickens, Recipes on September 22, 2010
As always on the lookout for a recipe that will use a lot of eggs, I dug out my grandmother’s chocolate mousse recipe. Ten eggs later, it is as decadent as I remember – an easy and delectable treat for you and your guests. Unlike the plethora of chocolate mousse recipes: from Julia Child to [...]
Posted in AnnArbor.com, Recipes on August 30, 2010
Yesterday I introduced the two key requirements I love in a good crust: oven spring and steam. Jim Lahey states he has solved this problem by cooking the bread in a preheated Dutch oven. Today I detail my experience with that suggestion. Until I tried Jim Lahey’s recipe, in his “My Bread: The Revolutionary No-Work, [...]
Posted in AnnArbor.com, Health, Recipes, Vision on July 21, 2010
As our household creeps toward food self-sufficiency, you would think our decision to keep backyard chickens would incite more concern than canning fruits and vegetables. However, botulism is a big word and scenes from Louisa May Alcott books where women in full-length wool dresses sweat over a hot stove in the middle of August stirring [...]
Posted in AnnArbor.com, Farm to Fork, Farmers Markets, Recipes on June 21, 2010
According to the pictures and data on Real Time Farms, this week at the farmers markets in and around Ann Arbor was garlic scape week, often referred to as just “scapes.†The Washington Post describes scapes beautifully in a recent post, as “a part of the garlic plant that is a garlic lover’s nirvana.†Farmers [...]
Posted in AnnArbor.com, Backyard Chickens, Recipes on June 16, 2010
This appetizer combines two of my favorite things – farm fresh food and eggs from our girls! Asparagus dipped in homemade mayonnaise made from the eggs of our backyard chickens – I cannot think of a better way to celebrate the beginning of harvest bounty beginning to descend upon us. Asparagus is wonderful for all [...]
