Photo by Judith Hausman Brussels sprouts make an excellent side dish at Thanksgiving dinner. Thanksgiving meal generates a lot of magazine, food-site and newspaper articles; I’ve even written my share. Ironically, everyone wants the same old recipes on the holiday, not new ones. People can’t even give up the awful, green-bean mushroom-soup casserole or the […]
Rio, my Spanish Mustang, has decided he enjoys a little game of fetch.
Growing big beets is more difficult than smaller ones, but they're generally pretty easy to grow.
Photo by Judith Hausman This applesauce tart was made out of necessity, after Hurricane Sandy. Hurricane Sandy followed by a snowstorm meant lots of inclement weather in the lower Hudson Valley this week and lots of defrosted food to deal with. Our community, like many, banded together to help. Offers of beds and of tarps […]
This colorful kale is striking when mixed into a garden.
Photo courtesy Hemera/Thinkstock Cauliflower soup is quick and delicious. I was nesting and preparing for “unprecedented storms” this weekend. While looking around for a generator-equipped freezer to stash my cache of grass-fed, local meats, I also got the soup pot going. I inspected the fridge for the vegetables that would hold up well enough for […]
Photo by Judith Hausman Winter squash, such as butternut squash (pictured), goes well in this vegetable pastry. This weekend we went to visit some farmer friends in the Pioneer Valley of Massachusetts. This rich agricultural area on either side of the beautiful Connecticut River has managed to preserve its agricultural traditions and an encouraging atmosphere […]
Photo by Judith Hausman What can you do besides fry green tomatoes? We all know about Fried Green Tomatoes by now and that not only Southerners enjoy them. But with a first frost on the way (followed by a couple of 70-degree days), I was looking for other ways to celebrate this once-a-year treat and […]
Photo by Judith Hausman Serve these oatcakes with cheese, tomato jam or marmalade. I’ve always liked the satisfying crunch of food with dry textures: rice cakes, crackers, matzohs, and muffins and toast without butter. So the ubiquitous oatcakes of Scotland, a country famous for fancying oats in porridge and haggis, were right up my alley. […]
