I’ve had the pleasure of going to several friends houses for dinner lately. There’s not much that I enjoy more that to share the dinner table with good friends and family. Last week, Jill and I made plans to go to a friend’s house for dinner and a movie.
We arrived at their house early in [...]
Archive for September, 2009
Family Table
Posted in Garden, bakery, family on September 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Heirloom Recipes: Aunt Joan’s Chicken & Dumplings
Posted in family, recipes, tagged family, heirloom, recipe on September 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My recent article about family recipes being lost to the ages struck a nerve with Jill’s godmother, Aunt Joan. We’d been talking about her chicken and noodles for what seemed like ages, but for whatever reason, we had never made concrete plans to get together over her signature dish. That all changed after [...]
Love and Hoppiness
Posted in Garden, tagged beer, hops, local on September 3, 2009 | 1 Comment »
In honor of my fourth wedding anniversary this past weekend I’m going to talk about beer. Ok, I know that must sound odd, so let me explain.
This past weekend coincided not only with my and Jill’s wedding anniversary, but with the third annual hop harvest here at our house. Three years ago in the spring, [...]
