cooking

  • 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…

  • HAVE YOU DRIVEN TO TEXAS LATELY?

    The past week for me has been spent recovering from my 9 day road trip during which I experienced great new people, roads and roads and highways (did you know the city of Houston is larger then the state of…

  • Winter Squash Soup

    Leni’s Squash, Yam and Roasted Sweet Pepper Soup Butternut or other Winter squash Red Jewel Yams Curry Powder (optional – a very small amount – it’s just an accent) Sweet Peppers – yellow and red Onion Butter Half & Half…