by Toni | Apr 20, 2018 | Come Home, Everyday Enchantments, Farmer's Market, Live Green
there was a man who took his wife and young children to live on a small farm. One day this man bought a dog, a beautiful black and white dog. “Fine,” said his wife, “but the dog is another mouth to feed. We will need more than a dog to make it day to day.” So the man...
by Toni | Dec 18, 2017 | Farmer's Market, Let's Eat, Vegetables
Yeah, it’s me again—the pumpkin police. Every fall I keep a continual watch over the activities on my neighbors’ porches. They all put out pumpkins around Halloween, but those glorious orbs of orange, blue, white and pink probably never make it back into their...
by Toni | Nov 17, 2017 | Come Home, Farmer's Market, Live Green
I stood in an empty pasture, staring north toward a stand of trees. It was a sunny day, cool but no wind. The quiet of the rural landscape was pleasant and disarming. In the distance came the pounding—at first a vibration—then sound like thunder rolling in from a...
by Toni | Jul 3, 2017 | Come Home, Everyday Enchantments, Farmer's Market, Green Decisions
Don and I have spent Wednesday nights this spring and early summer at Biver Farm, the guests of Frank, Rosi and Keith Biver. Wednesday night is CSA night at the farm, when subscribers to the Biver CSA program pick up their weekly bag of farm-fresh goodies. You may...
by Toni | Jul 3, 2017 | Everyday Enchantments, Farmer's Market, Green Decisions, Live Green
One my recent delights was finding an interview with Alice Waters in the May-June 2017 Harvard Business Review. Waters is the owner of the famous Chez Panisse restaurant in Berkeley, CA and one of my culinary heroes. Her kitchen genius aside, what makes her amazing in...
by Toni | Jan 25, 2017 | Farmer's Market, Let's Eat, Vegetables
Since starting this blog well over a year ago, I have become an amazingly easy person for whom to buy gifts. My friends give me food—ingredients they think I will enjoy using in my kitchen and, sometimes, trying out on them. If you cook for those you love, your loved...
