Category Archives: Sides Hello 2011. It’s such a relief to see that you have arrived. There were a few rough patches for me in 2010, and it’s important for me to peaceably close the book on 2010 in order to face 2011 with renewed energy and focus. The biggest lessons I learned this past year are that I’m...   Living on a horse farm with a yard in which to grow your own vegetable garden and a small mountain serving as a backdrop is magical. Sometimes I can’t believe I live in this beautiful place, so closely held by nature. I haven’t always been a country girl. I’ve lived in many different suburban areas...  In preparation for radioiodine ablation therapy, I have been on a low-iodine diet for the past 10 days. It is not a low-salt diet, which means I can substitute non-iodized salt into everything I cook. But it also means that I can’t eat 99% of the pre-packaged foods out there (even the most “natural” pre-packaged...  Oh, I love, love, LOVE this time of year! Don’t you? The morning air here on The Farm has been startlingly crisp, clean and refreshing. The breezes through the trees seem to whisper encouragement – to savor every moment, to really feel and breathe in the presence of the fall season. I hear that the...  At last count, I own more than 100 cookbooks. (At one point I owned over 300, but that’s another story.) I was once asked if I had cooked from most of them. My answer was that I hadn’t. I love cookbooks because of all the creative flavor possibilities they contain. I’ll pour over them for... |
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