We have chickens. Chickens lay eggs. Sometimes we seem to have more eggs than we know what to do with. But that’s never really the case. Most people say yes when offered a dozen farm fresh, free-range eggs from happy hens. Lemon curd is a multi-purpose filling-spread that uses up eggs. It makes a lovely…
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Beef Short Ribs with Bordelaise Sauce
One of the advantages of growing our own beef is that we get to have it custom cut. We always make sure that we get the ribs. Short Ribs used to be one of the thrifty leftover cuts, such as Lamb Shanks. When the art of slow cooking resurfaced in restaurants, these cuts became more…
Swiss Chard with fruit & nuts
We grew up next door to an elderly couple, the Coles. Mr. Cole had converted most of his very large back yard into a year round producing garden. I think they realized that although we were a big active family with “always room for one more”, that our parents needed to be very thrifty to…
Basic Creamy Polenta
A mound of golden polenta on a plate is a perfect foil for some roasted veggies, a poached egg, or some sliced, grilled meat. Its final creaminess is up to you. Add a bit more milk or water as it cooks, so it turns out just as you prefer. I used some hardy basil in…
Quinoa Tabouleh
In the spring of 1976, my best friend and I headed to San Francisco for the weekend in her dear old VW bug. We had 4 days off from college, and knew that we could make it. A friend of a friend had a house that we could stay at, and that’s about all we…
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