Through the Seasons: Cauliflower
Mary Randolph, The Virginia House-Wife, pg 123 Cauliflower. Choose those that are close and white, and of a middle size, trim off the outside leaves, cut off the stalk flat at the bottom, let them lie in salt and water…
A Valentine’s Day story; how I met my husband, moved to South Dakota and built a family
I hope you readers enjoy this bit of autobio from the days before online dating! .
In Which Leni Journeys Through the Seasons with The Virginia House-wife: January
Over the next while I am going to continue to explore my fascination with the Mary Randolph’s cookbook. When we read her recipes we get a glimpse into the skills and daily cooking styles practiced by African American cooks/chefs in…
An amazing array of seed catalogues for 2012!
Come the middle of January each year my mailbox sags as the glorious and seductive seed catalogues come rolling in. The pictures are so beautiful; the descriptions of each veggie and flower so tempting I could spend hundreds of dollars…
Response to Newt Gingrich about ‘poor kids’
My response to the deeply flawed conclusions of Newt Gingrich about ‘poor kids’ is this: Kids cleaning classrooms is wrong if it’s only poor kids doing the cleaning. What follows, for what it’s worth, is a concept I began thinking…
Brrrrrrrrr! Winter is on the way
Let’s hear it for firewood! When it’s time to put the clocks back you know it is really gonna be winter soon! There was a hard frost coating all the lawn and trees this morning. But to give you a…