Somewhere in the middle of hoeing strawberries and planting yet more broccoli (cabbage maggots took out our first planting…) scones and a frittata started sounding tantalizing for supper. Simple, relatively quick (I showered when the scones sat  in the freezer) and yummy. You’ve probably noticed that the primary nut I use are hazelnust. That’s mostly because my two locally sourced [...]

We could all do with some hope. True, the rescue of the three women in Cleveland is hope-filled but also another reminder of all that is so very broken. Hope in ordinary things reminds me that God’s grace abounds, sustaining life and this world in marvelous, powerful, delightful, curious, and awe-inspiring ways. A Light in the darkness. So I wandered [...]

Most of my days in May are spent outside planting. Our CSA starts in a few weeks so we are monitoring lettuce, onion, strawberry, greens, peas and potato growth while continuing to plant the mid and late season crops. So I like recipes that can go the distance–that is, last for several meals. I served this cornbread with Lemon Quinoa [...]

Maybe Parul sewed the Gap jeans (slim fit, incredibly cute) that I keep on hand when my granddaughters come over and we go play in the dirt. Sixteen-year-old Parul lives in the slums of Dhaka with her family and makes $15 a month working in the garment industry sewing clothes for companies like Gap and Walmart. Fortunately, she didn’t work [...]

What’s woodsy-flavored, meaty, 10 times more flavorful than button mushrooms, speckled, and lowers blood serum cholesterol, has anti-cancer properties, is relatively high in protein*, high in B vitamins, and trace minerals? Shiitake mushrooms. In Japan they are honored with the same status we give apples. “Eat a shiitake a day and keep the doctor away…”. That’s actually a very bad [...]