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A Farm Like No Other
And so begins a story. A story of a pig. Not this exact pig, but a pig very like this pig, from Black Bottom Farm. You might not want to read this post if you find it a little macabre (the pig is going...
View ArticleWherein I Admit to a Guilty Pleasure
Several years ago a person I sort of vaguely knew and had met once at a party ended up on a reality show, namely Next Food Network Star. A bunch of us decided to watch, because really, we live in a...
View ArticleAnd On
I feel fortunate, in that I feel I’ve reached a point where I more or less know what I’m doing. Certainly, I have my moments of doubt- I still get a little fuzzy when it comes to ordering a pig,...
View ArticleIn Defense of Kale
All right, I get it. You’ve probably had kale that was not the best. You might be one of the many people who have a severe aversion to kale, and who think of it only as a health food. But I’m here to...
View ArticleAnd Then There Was
Today I’m making risotto. I’m on this kick, again, as I do every year at this time, where I try to use up whatever is lingering in the freezer. The garden is started, but not producing quite yet, and...
View ArticleWhy Garden
(Actually written about a month ago) Someone asked me recently why we garden. I guess that’s actually the whole reason I started writing here, though I have diverged into a slew of posts about life,...
View ArticleHarvest Time is Here to Stay
You guys. You guys! I have so little time to write now that I’ve taken up my old habit of writing down ideas on a scrap sheet of paper, and hoping I remember what I wanted to say when I finally have...
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In Need of Elders
As I stand ankle deep in murky water, listening to the slight murmur of the “creek” as it disappears into the neighbor’s yard, I think to myself, not for the first time, “what the fuck am I doing?” I...
View ArticleOn This Day
About nine years ago, about on this day, I met a man. Before you assume this is one of those love stories, let me correct you. It’s a love story to food. It’s a love story to the food he is always...
View ArticleOver Again
I want to start writing about food (again), but it’s hard to know where to start. I also almost never have time to actually sit at a computer and write. Sitting at a computer is part of my old life...
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