• The Fall Roundup !

    Wow – we galloped from blazing hot summer through a colorful fall and now it’s actually wintery weather, although there are weeks to go before the official Solstice date (Dec 22). The temp dropped to 18 degrees last night here…

  • In which I debone a turkey!

    Why would someone debone a turkey? The answer is “it’s all Julia’s fault”! Years and years ago on the farm in South Dakota I watched Julia Child debone a duck on one of her PBS shows.  And her reasons for…

  • Cooking last fall’s huge Hubbard winter squash

    Buying large winter-type squashes can be fun and economical. The Pumpkin Patch folks near me sell many varieties of hard rind winter squashes each fall and each fall I load the back of my car with several Acorn types, and…