I love a traditional wassail, and I make it three times a year – on the first day of snow, on the longest night of the year and on New Year’s Eve. And today marks the longest night of the year and the shortest day. We’ll celebrate with wassail and by lighting a candle that [...]
foodbuzz 24 24 24: an apple picking party & picnic
October 5, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Saturday morning, just before our supper party by the river, we packed a picnic basket, an old patchwork quilt and the kid in the car and set out on the long dirt road that connects our high alpine valley to Colorado’s western slope. It’s a long drive, but when the wildflowers bloom in July and again [...]
an autumn harvest supper by the river
October 3, 2010 By Leave a Comment
In just a few weeks the snows will set in, transforming our little Victorian-era mining town into a bustling ski destination for another winter. And those snows won’t recede for eight long, hard months. It’s this time of year, early October when only the most perseverant leaves still cling to the creamy branches of the aspen [...]
Cranberry Sauce with Agave Nectar
November 24, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Cranberry sauce is, perhaps, my favorite holiday treat. I love its sourness. I also really like the way the berries pop under the heat of cooking. We’ve relegated white sugar to no man’s land in our kitchen “except for brewing kombuchaa” so I’m always looking for a good sweetener for those rare times we [...]
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