Someday, I would like to leave the city. Move out to a little house on some great land, settle down, and get a farm going. I’d like to end up somewhere with some life to it; some history and some wilderness and some magic. Such a place is Preston Ranch. Rick and I were invited…
Celery root. Not one of the more glamorous characters on the produce aisle, surely. I mean – this is the part you DON’T eat when you grow celery for the stalks, right? Strange stringy-looking bulbs with little head-sprouts of greenery…they kind of look like those awful screaming mandrake-babies from the Harry Potter movies. But oh…
There’s just something about the rain that makes me want soup. Hot, thick, creamy, hearty soup that tastes like fall and comfort food and HOME. …doesn’t hurt if it also tastes like the best part of the forests at this time of year: wild mushrooms! I am NOT going to go into a long diatribe…
A few weeks ago I was gifted a few rather large bags of basil. Maybe four or five gallons, loose? I dunno. It was a lot of basil. An overwhelming amount. Generally I would be totally excited about this – I LOVE basil. But the truth is, I have so little time these days that…
Recovering from an injury is tough in a lot of ways. I’ve been playing catch-up all week trying to get things in order that I had to let slide when I was out of commission (pinched nerve under scapula =no mobility in shoulder/back/neck for almost a week = no bueno!) and still trying to be…
There’s nothing so fulfilling and comforting on a cold winter’s day than a steaming bowl of thick, creamy, cheesy soup. While the wind is howling and anyone who’s got two brain cells to knock together has bundled back up in their blankets and put on their bunny slippers, a hot bowl of soup can make…
I suppose I should actually title this post “What to Do with Too Much of a Good Thing”, but I don’t think that’ll fit in the title box. Still, it’s an appropriate title. Zucchini is delicious. It’s one of the first “summer” veggies that come up in our climate (San Francisco/Bay Area), and I’m always…
licorice in a bulb, originally uploaded by japanesejack. Today, Jenn, “Live Green, Wear Black” brings us more yummy and nutritious food ideas. Kale really is good for you. I am embarrassed to say I never had it before a few months ago. When I did, I didn’t remove all the stems…that did not taste good! Luckily,…
Well, it’s officially summer now. Not only because it has FINALLY stopped raining, but because the produce I am getting from my garden and my CSA box tells me so. No, I don’t actually hear little veggie voices telling me to start canning… …well, not yet anyway. The season is young. I was away at…
I have a problem. My problem is leftovers. I love them, I hate them (mostly I ignore them and have to chisel their leaky gross containers out of the fridge a month too late). I love cooking and baking so much that the thought of eating something I already made seems like a terrible waste…
Dog Island Farm is a small urban farm in the San Francisco Bay Area.
