Tag: cooking
member name: Farmgirl Susan
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June 29, 2008 10:49 PM EDT --
In May of 2007, Julee Rosso and Sheila Lukins, authors of the bestselling Silver Palate cookbooks, participated in a wonderful live chat on Gather while on their book tour for the 25th anniversary . . . more
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July 20, 2008 04:40 PM EDT --
You might think that it would be neat to have a best friend who's writing a cookbook , and I suppose that it would be if you happened to live in the same town—or even in the same state—as . . . more
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February 15, 2007 08:23 PM EST --
Last week my mother flew in from California for a week-long stay on the farm. Despite the fact that I was 45 minutes late picking her up at the airport, it had started to snow, and she . . . more
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November 01, 2007 06:53 PM EDT --
Life is complicated. Something as basic as eating shouldn't be, but leave it to us humans to let this vital, natural act all but take over our lives. Even though most of us now have the luxury of . . . more
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May 29, 2008 02:50 PM EDT --
Before I became a farmgirl in rural Missouri, I was (among other things) a graphic designer in urban California. I had a collection of Rapidograph pens and subscribed to magazines with names like . . . more
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March 03, 2007 06:10 PM EST --
It was seven o'clock in the evening, and I was chatting on the phone with my farmguy's little sister.
"I guess I'd better go scrounge up some dinner," I said, adding . . . more
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January 14, 2006 01:19 PM EST --
Who Can Resist Cookies & Milk?
If all goes well, 23 of the ewes on our farm will start giving birth around the first of February. This is always the most exciting (and stressful) time . . . more
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February 25, 2006 04:40 PM EST --
A Bargain At Twice The Price*
Actually, I don't know why spinach gets such a bad rap. Well, maybe I do. It probably has something to do with that slimy substance in a can many people were wrongly . . . more
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March 08, 2008 02:52 PM EST --
It took me a long time to get up the guts to put a rosemary plant in the ground. I used to keep it in a pot - setting it out in the garden when it was warm, and then moving it into the greenhouse in . . . more
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March 10, 2008 10:00 AM EDT --
Simple Yet Superb: Onion & Herb Crusted Lamb Spareribs
People often ask me if we eat any of the animals we raise. The answer is yes, and I wouldn't have it any other way. You can . . . more
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February 05, 2008 03:08 PM EST --
Up until a couple of months ago I'd never stuffed a mushroom in my life. I now realize this is tragic, and I'm determined to make up for lost time because I've also realized there are a . . . more
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September 05, 2006 03:05 PM EDT --
Pick Of The Morning's Peppers
Much of the garden may be in a pitiful state, but my sweet Aconcagua peppers haven't failed me yet.
I've probably tried growing at least fifteen different . . . more
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December 17, 2007 08:38 PM EST --
For more years than I like to admit, we've been slowly but surely working on a large metal building here on the farm that will one day house our wholesale artisan bread bakery and us. Since progress . . . more
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April 22, 2008 12:15 PM EDT --
How do you jump start a lagging lambing season ? Try to make a flight at an airport that's 200 miles from your farm. Three lambs, including a set of twins, were born as we scrambled to get . . . more
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August 03, 2008 03:51 PM EDT --
Hi, my name is Susan and I'm a book fiend, a certified foodie, and a recipe hound, which also makes me a hopeless cookbookaholic. I have a stack of cookbooks from which I've never made a single . . . more
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September 25, 2007 07:32 PM EDT --
When I was a kid, one of the things we often did while on vacation was to go on factory tours. Except for a few, like the Volkswagon factory in Germany, these places usually manufactured or processed . . . more
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December 31, 2007 12:35 PM EST --
Most people associate this time of year with the holidays, but gardeners everywhere know that it is actually Seed Catalog Season. They started slipping into mailboxes back in early November, and there's . . . more
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November 12, 2007 10:12 AM EST --
We interrupt my usual food and farm articles to let you know that if you've been thinking about buying a 7-quart Lodge enamel cast iron Dutch oven , now's the time. Although I still . . . more
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October 19, 2006 11:19 AM EDT --
Out Of Time
The shorter days and cooler nights of autumn signify a slowing down for the kitchen gardener. It is a time for reflection: on successes and failures in the garden, on the quiet winter months . . . more
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July 31, 2007 03:46 PM EDT --
"Excuse me," Joe, my farmguy, said as he tried to get by me. I was standing in the doorway to the kitchen, holding an open book. When he passed back by a little while later . . . more
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