By Jeanie Rose | Peaches Plums Apricots
When you have a major harvest, do you try recipes you would never have considered before the bonanza arrived? I sure do! Take this plum brandy, for instance. It took a quantity of ripe plums. Any other year I was too stingy with the fruit to do a “frivolous” project such as this. After tasting […]
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By Jeanie Rose | Apple
Aunt Minnie is one of the rare cooks who has passed her art down to the next generations of would-be cooks. She is known for this fragrant fall treat, a delectable apple cake. Her recipe can be found in New Recipes from Moosewood. I have adapted it just a bit and do can you. Get […]
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By Jeanie Rose | Greens
In the spirit of using our abundant garden produce and foraging the beautiful wild greens around us, we are eating soup so loaded with leafy greens that it looks like extracted vegetable juice. This stuff is GREEN! It has been fun to figure out how to combine greens that would usually end up in the […]
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By Amanda Rose | Corn
There is nothing like corn on the cob fresh from the garden. In years when we grow our own we might bring the water to a boil and only then harvest our corn and run it into the kitchen to be cooked. Freshness is that important. However, throughout the year corn is great to have […]
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By Amanda Rose | Eggplant
With the garden bounty of summer coming through this kitchen, we roast more trays of vegetables than I would want to count. Many of those vegetables get picked off the trays and eaten as snacks. Sometimes they are just intended as snacks. Other times I am more intentional — like with this composed salad. Any […]
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By Jeanie Rose | Tomatoes
To maximize your harvest of ripe tomatoes into the fall, you must do some top-pruning on your tomato plants. Painful! Yes, I know. Here is the rational: The vines will continue to grow, setting new tomatoes that have no chance of ripening. Days are growing shorter and the temperatures are cooling. This means that growing […]
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