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cooking, raising food, Recipes, Uncategorized

In which I make beef and venison hand pies

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cooking, food history, history dinners

History Dinners at Indigo House for Summer, Fall, and Winter 2019-2020

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HURRAH FOR THE AMAZING NUMBER OF HOME GARDEN VEGETABLE VARIETIES

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  • 2nd Wednesdays – Summer 2010

    Munch, Dig, Laugh!!!  The summer weather was hot and the stink buds a drag BUT I had 2nd Wednesdays to look forward to – a gathering of friends old and new to talk food and gardening on my front porch…

    October 24, 2010
  • More Vertical Gardens

    October 10, 2010
  • Charlottesville’s Landmark Hotel – Perfect location for a Vertical Garden

    I’ve seen lots of images of roof gardens topping contemporary buildings but there is also a movement to create vertical gardens in European cities.  The picture of what I suggest for the Landmark Hotel is so completely clear, amazing and…

    October 10, 2010
  • Last Zinnias – First Mums

    October 4, 2010
  • Munch, Dig, Laugh: 2nd Wednesday’s with Leni

    The final gathering of my 2nd Wednesday monthly open house will be in October on the 13th and I have decided to give it a theme – see the title above. : )  All summer I have been delighted to…

    September 20, 2010
  • Check With Your Doctor: the Hypocrisy of Our Current Health Care Policy

    “Be sure to check with your doctor”; oh, you don’t have a doctor?  Then die.  Quietly – please.  (One of our nervier congressmen actually uttered something very similar on the floor of the House of Representatives this spring during the…

    September 16, 2010
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Dr. Leni Sorensen Phd

I cook, I teach, I garden, I feed animals. I write, I research, I lecture, I demonstrate. My passion is emphatically about food; food in early America, food in contemporary America, food among the urban poor, food from small sustainable farms, food cooked by novices, food cooked by chefs.

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