We’re entering midsummer, the season that delights the gardener’s heart and tries the soul of the cook. It may be a joy to harvest your garden bounty or load up at the farmers’ market, but what do you do once you’ve reached the kitchen? A summer vegetable glut does not… Read More
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July 2010
Stalking Wonder: Garden Update
This post isn’t really for you. It’s really for my mom. My mom left, you see. She goes north every summer, to the island, and she left the garden behind. It was harder than she expected. She’s been out there every day for months now, watching and weeding and planting…. Read More
The Best Hostess Gift Ever
Some friends of mine came to visit recently and brought with them what I believe to be the best hostess gift ever—at least it’s the best one I have ever received. It’s been making me smile ever since, and I thought I should share it with you. As some of… Read More
Grab Them, Before They Slip Away
“Don’t get any artichokes or lettuce,” my friend Knox told me on the phone. “I’ve got lots in the garden.” Knox and I were planning to make dinner. I wasn’t sure what we were making yet, but there would apparently be lettuce and artichokes in it. That is how I… Read More
Beat the Heat
After weeks—nay, months—of complaining that it’s cold and we never got a spring, summer has come to Seattle. I hate to go from saying it’s too cold to saying it’s too hot, but it is for me. I was raised in a San Francisco summer fogbank—which means I’m only happy… Read More
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