Latkes, the Jewish version of potato pancakes, are traditional during Hanukkah season, so naturally they are also part of the cuisine in Israel, where our food appreciation classes are currently camped on their virtual world culinary tour. But there’s an even better reason to make latkes: kids love not only the process of turning potatoes […]
We love parsnips for their ethereal, rooty sweetness. But they are not an easy vegetable. First, they can be tough to get out of the ground. The roots sometimes go very deep. One of the parsnips I harvested this morning was 20 inches long. Parsnips are also slow. In fact, they are best eaten a […]
Here’s some of the venison we recently received in trade with one of the neighbors for pickles and other preserves we put up in the summer. Apparently the neighbors have family with a farm in southern Virginia and have been plying us with venison in exchange for our home-grown produce. What they are most interested […]
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