Dandelion greens, like all greens, love fat. Their robust bitterness and peppery undertones are muted, to some degree, by the liquid smoothness of unrefined olive oil or – even Read More →
Weeds on the Kitchen Table: Wilted Dandelion Greens with Toasted Mustard Seed
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traditional remedies from the garden: stinging nettle infusion with mint & clover
August 31, 2011 | by | 4 Comments
Stinging nettle infusion spiked with mint and red clover found its way to my kitchen counter by chance this summer where its deep green, inky hue is now desperately loved. Yes, Read More →
Roots, Berries, Bark & Flowers: An Old-fashioned Recipe for Root Beer
August 2, 2011 | by | 81 Comments
There’s an old-fashioned charm to homemade root beer with its odd array of roots and bark, flowers, leaves and berries. It, like many other fermented beverages, once enjoyed Read More →
don’t waste garden thinnings: a recipe for braised whole baby beets
July 26, 2011 | by | 1 Comment
I always feel a little lost, a little wasteful when it’s time to thin my garden as though all those little plants, doing their best to grow in our very rocky mountain soil, are Read More →
plant a salsa garden
May 4, 2011 | by | Leave a Comment
Salsa gardens have been popping up in four-feet by four-feet plots and raised beds in the yards of salsa lovers across the country. Striking in their visual appeal, large plants Read More →
Five Spring-weather Crops that Do Great in Containers
April 20, 2011 | by | 1 Comment
It may be officially spring, but here in the heart of ski country, we woke to six inches of fluffy white powder and my heart has begun to ache for bees, for the sweat of the summer Read More →
a recipe: triple beet salad with basil and olive oil
October 4, 2010 | by | 2 Comments
Beet salad with fresh basil and olive oil, sweet and fresh and earthy, becomes the center of our supper tables in late summer and early autumn when both beets and basil Read More →
A Recipe: Homemade Horseradish
July 6, 2010 | by | 22 Comments
Homemade horseradish found its way to our table this week, and it's hot - painfully hot, pleasurably hot, perfectly hot. When fresh horseradish root appears at market, which is Read More →
10 Culinary Herbs & Their Medicinal Uses
June 6, 2010 | by | 22 Comments
Over the past few weekends, the snow has cleared from the high country (yes ... it takes thatlong for winter to recede up here), and what time I've had that hasn't been occupied by Read More →
Maple-glazed Root Vegetables
December 18, 2009 | by | 8 Comments
Maple-glazed root vegetables, slightly sweet, and a charming accompaniment to winter time suppers, satisfy and nourish. In our home we love to combine fresh, crisp and local Read More →
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