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banana pepper tuna salad
I’m always looking for new ways to add more fish into our regular routine. Reading Four Fish had me totally re-thinking what seafood I buy. I don’t have any hard and…
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kitchen tip: eat your broccoli stems
An unforeseen consequence of this very cold and very long winter has been that our compost bins are overflowing. We have three large bins outside (and two worm bins in…
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wendell for wednesday
“It is a spiritual ambition, like goodness. The wild creatures belong to the place by nature, but as a man I can belong to it only by understanding and by…
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roasted pears
A friend had asked for some healthy dessert recipes, and I realized that 1) I don’t have many to recommend to her and 2) I typically say “to heck with…
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roasted cauliflower and sweet potato soup
I had an excess of cauliflower and sweet potatoes that were on the verge of getting funky a few weeks ago, so I made this soup. This is basically a…
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sweet corn and pepper chowder
Remember how we Grant put up all of that sweet corn for us last Fall? It is about this time every year that I realize I’ve been hoarding last year’s preserved…
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wendell for wednesday
“I think the great problems call for many small solutions.” Wendell Berry, from The Way of Ignorance: And Other Essays
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homemade mayonnaise
I hated mayonnaise growing up. I would maybe eat it in tuna salad, but only if there was just a wee bit and if my mom lied to me about it…
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wendell for wednesday
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the Sabbath – both the concept and the Commandment. I listened to an old Berry interview and found the following excerpt especially salient:…
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elderberry syrup
This winter has been crazy. I have lived in Indiana most of my life, and I never remember having a winter with so much snow (although I did just look…
