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The Value of Self-reliance vs the Ideology of Self-sufficiency
None of us are self sufficient. We all need somebody! Despite the often nostalgic retro-interpretations (our idealization of Little House on the Prairie comes to mind!) Americans weren’t self sufficient in the Colonial past, the Revolutionary Era nor the long…
Thank you to my cooking class students
Cooking with people who enjoy food is a great pleasure! Thank you, Tracey and Catherine. Tracey and I canning peaches …
Storing food for use all summer and fall; the Spring House
Last weekend I harvested the carrot and beets before they got buggy in the ground. The Elephant Garlic is out of the ground and we dug all the potatoes. Here they are in our 1911 Spring House – staying relatively…
Leni’s Summer Tomato Salad
The first big tomatoes are ripening on the vine; and we did eat three tiny cherry tomatoes yesterday . . . . . . The cucumbers won’t be fruiting for weeks but I am dreaming of my favorite fresh summer…
Houston #2
Pardon me, I’ve been a bit distracted from my original blog trajectory but I am now back in the groove of my continuing storyline! . . . . While being driven down Alabama Street from having given a foodways talk…
In which I do a bit of culinary experimentation in a restored 19th century Texas landmark building
Now that I have recovered from my bout of food poisoning and caught up some at the office I can spend time over the next few weeks telling about my wonderful trip to Texas. My road companion Kelly and I…