Strange weather we’re having. Our tomatoes were too stressed by the hottest summer on record to make many tomatoes. But as soon as things started to cool down, they bounced right back. Shortly before Thanksgiving I finally decided it was time for the annual fall garden cleanup and began dragging the tomato plants to the […]
Tags:fall·green tomatoes·pickles
We will be off the air until October 10. Until then, I leave you with this breakfast of fresh zesty greens–mizuna, mustard, arugula–topped with brined beef tongue and farm-fresh eggs.
Tags:beef tongue·eggs·salad
On the theory that we are better off planting things in our urban kitchen garden that otherwise cost us an arm and a leg to purchase elsewhere, we planted leeks this year not knowing how they would do. But would you look at these beauties? Tomatoes were a bust in this, the hottest year on […]
Tags:beef tongue·leeks
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