by SAM Steiner | Oct 7, 2022 | From the Kitchen
With this beautiful weather, 71 degrees on an October day, still harvesting broccoli spears, beet greens, a hardy mesclun mix, and a mystery squash, I am still thinking summer cooking in my kitchen. Why chop if you’re blending? It’s one of many shortcut questions I...
by SAM Steiner | Sep 15, 2022 | Notes from the Land
Glories abound… …if we take a moment to see them. I remember when I prayed for all that I have now. Ligaria in the garden. Black swallowtail on joe-pye weed in the wild. Day lilies, queen anne’s lace, daisies, oregano blooms, echinacea, tansies, narrow leaf...
by SAM Steiner | Sep 8, 2022 | From the Kitchen
That is a 2-pound heirloom tomato. Laverne, my Amish friend, sold me a 1/2 a peck of these “unsellable” beauties for $15 – an opportunity to get a large batch of roasted tomatoes (See Summer Kitchen 1). Also in the featured photo: first-ever plums from an...
by SAM Steiner | Sep 1, 2022 | Culture Comments
Here’s why… John Danforth, retired senator (R) from Missouri, believes that this too shall pass regarding the state of the Republican party and its extremist blip. The Cook Political Report also gives a hopeful moment that the republican wave is becoming a ripple. I...
by SAM Steiner | Aug 18, 2022 | From the Kitchen
My summer kitchen is for… Capturing all the flavors of local bounty, then concentrating, preserving, blanching, drying or freezing them …for the winter months. The feature photo is one of our weekly shares of organics from Stoney Acre Farms, harvested the day before...
