So many ways to savor the heirlooms. They’re bunching up for batches in the canner, saucing after a slow roast with garlic and herbs and oh so delectable fresh from the vine. Of the many uses for tomatoes at harvest, we like fresh slices on… Read More
Creative entrepreneurship, homegrown produce, the art of food preservation ~ these are my responses to pandemic. Like so many people in these surreal, strange days of Covid, I’ve had to become expansive in scope of employment. Combining freelance journalism and our family farm has created… Read More
Planting the garden has never been more relevant. People garden for many reasons ~ for beauty, food, hobby, even exercise. But now, when we look at our simplified, quarantined lives, the need to take care of ourselves and future possible food shortages, it is skill… Read More
The tomato is truly one of the finest edible creations. And the succulence of the garden ripe heirlooms we’ve been picking urges using every little bit of the fruit. Finding a way to use seeds, skins and all is always the preference in terms of nutrition content.… Read More
Elk is perhaps our family’s favorite game meat, provided this year by our god father’s fall hunting expedition and made more delicious with Hank’s Harvest Foods processing into delicious, sweet sausage. This extremely low-fat sausage lends marvelous flavor to emmer farro, grown locally by friends at… Read More
Roasted pine nuts, fresh herbs, crunchy greens and sweet caramelized onion round out delectable protein packed farro grain in this recipe that doubles as a side or one pot meal. Friends at Bluebird Grain Farms grow the ancient organic grain emmer farro locally in our high mountain… Read More
Deer populate our Methow Valley year round, with whitetail and mule deer as common as robins. Houdini deer scale our garden fences and shed roofs in summer, then in autumn provide a staple meat for many families, and we’re fortunate to have ample venison from… Read More
Improvisation and children’s love of garden to table food come together to create and name this soup. After an improv in the kitchen last winter and an earning of the title “triple A” from my daughter, we made a second version together this week with the same rave reviews.… Read More
Soul & Stomach 