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Chicken shares at Indigo House
Here at Indigo House I’m going back to being a chicken farmer! I’m starting with a batch of 75 Jumbo Cross Rock meat bird chicks. We have had nothing but delicious success with this variety of broiler since we first…
“It Takes a World to Make a Meal: The Human Costs of Feeding Virginia’s Elites”, a talk at VCU
On Wednesday Feb 5 I gave a talk “It Takes a World to Make a Meal: The Human Costs of Feeding Virginia’s Elites.” at the VCU Tompkins-McCaw Library for Health Sciences in Richmond in conjunction with the traveling National Library…
The Challenge of Cooking Over Fire
Fires and hearths are what I’m thinking about this week as I put together my talk for the Heritage Harvest Festival at Monticello on Sept 21st! …
In which a tree falls on the barn
Here in my neck of the Virginia woods the rain has been far more than plentiful over the summer. The rain soaks the soil and the least wind drops any dead tree standing. In my case that means the…
Celebrate Black History Month with Dinner at Indigo House
Celebrate Black History Month this year with a Southern Sunday Supper on a Saturday Night. On Saturday, February 24th, 2018 this dinner for eight will feature iconic African-American and Southern dishes. After a 1st course of “Pot Likker” soup accompanied…
Ultimate Winter Comfort Food: Split Pea and Ham Soup
Split Pea soup is one of my favorite soups. When I was a little girl in the early 1950’s it took almost 18 hours to drive from Los Angeles to San Francisco on Highway 101. My mother and stepfather and…
