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The Day After Thanksgiving
“Purity lies not in separation from but in deeper penetration into the universe.” – Teilhard de Chardin The day after Thanksgiving two years ago was cold. We got to work early, a few of us digging in...
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Mess of Greens
Lyndall “Granny” Toothman grew up in Appalachia. Her family didn’t have a lot of money. She remembers Christmas dinners as a child when everyone dined on fresh greens without the help of...
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Root Season
“Cold dark deep and absolutely clear,” from “At the Fishhouses” by Elizabeth Bishop “[R]emember that it is not you that support the root, but the root that supports you.” St. Paul in a letter to the...
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Rebar: In Praise of Complexity
The Rebar cookbook is among our household’s favorites for two reasons. First, Rebar excels as a vegetarian cookbook. It used to be that vegetarian cooking consisted of mimicking meat dishes by...
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The Three Sisters Burrito Is Too Big for One Article, or, Rebar Part 2
My last article was in praise of the Rebar cookbook. I said more about the cookbook than the recipe, and as I prepared the dish I decided it called for another article, even if it amounted to notes....
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On Unplanned Eating
Our favorite pasta salad – really the only one we make – is a pretty simple combination of noodles, sausage, greens, beans, onion, and some dressing (recipe below). We make a huge bowl full of it, use...
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Feast in Famine
This time of year, in our part of the country, CSAs are starting up. CSA is shorthand for Community Supported Agriculture. Folks agree to buy produce, fruit, etc., from a local farmer at a set price....
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A Scape from the Ordinary, Part 1
At 40.7 degrees longitude, and 5.200 feet, it is nearing garlic harvest. Leaf tips are browning, the plants’ scapes are coiled, and the heart-shaped pod is getting baggy, readying to open. My next...
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Mess of Greens
Lyndall “Granny” Toothman grew up in Appalachia. Her family didn’t have a lot of money. She remembers Christmas dinners as a child when everyone dined on fresh greens without the help of...
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Root Season
“Cold dark deep and absolutely clear,” from “At the Fishhouses” by Elizabeth Bishop “[R]emember that it is not you that support the root, but the root that supports you.” St. Paul in a letter to the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Rebar: In Praise of Complexity
The Rebar cookbook is among our household’s favorites for two reasons. First, Rebar excels as a vegetarian cookbook. It used to be that vegetarian cooking consisted of mimicking meat dishes by...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Three Sisters Burrito Is Too Big for One Article, or, Rebar Part 2
My last article was in praise of the Rebar cookbook. I said more about the cookbook than the recipe, and as I prepared the dish I decided it called for another article, even if it amounted to notes....
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On Unplanned Eating
Our favorite pasta salad – really the only one we make – is a pretty simple combination of noodles, sausage, greens, beans, onion, and some dressing (recipe below). We make a huge bowl full of it, use...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Feast in Famine
This time of year, in our part of the country, CSAs are starting up. CSA is shorthand for Community Supported Agriculture. Folks agree to buy produce, fruit, etc., from a local farmer at a set price....
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Scape from the Ordinary, Part 1
At 40.7 degrees longitude, and 5.200 feet, it is nearing garlic harvest. Leaf tips are browning, the plants’ scapes are coiled, and the heart-shaped pod is getting baggy, readying to open. My next...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Day After Thanksgiving
“Purity lies not in separation from but in deeper penetration into the universe.” – Teilhard de Chardin The day after Thanksgiving two years ago was cold. We got to work early, a few of us digging in...
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