Seed Sprouting Mishaps, Part II

I was overzealous. Remember all that stuff I planted? Basil, dill, arugula, spinach, sorrel, mugwort, lavender, rosemary, thyme, a few things I can hardly remember (feverfew?) So many different kinds of seeds. So many different light, heat and water conditions required for their care. I couldn’t keep track of it all. Or, rather, I didn’t [...]

Bringing “Mass Hysteria” Back

I suppose that I would be immediately outed as a witch during the Salem Witch trials of yore. I make secret brew in my house, write lusty plays about circus folk, and find myself enamored of both intentional communities & the magic of Apple computers. Mostly, I am just freakishly tall. Yet, after being stranded [...]

Tastes Better Than the Door of a Whorehouse*

We’ve been watching a lot of westerns around the home lately, a side-effect of the winter, and also of secret plans. It lends itself to a need for snack food, and tonight I made the best western-watching snack food ever, so I’m going to share it with you. Rosemary White Bean Dip: 1 can white [...]

Botched Compost Attempt

“What the hell is that? What are you doing out there?” A confused friend asked me this during a recent visit to our home. To which I proudly puffed out my chest and said, “This is our Compost Pile.” Oh yeah, we buy our produce at farmers’ markets, carry canvas bags everywhere, and reuse our [...]

Homemade Muesli

Soaking the oats couldn’t be easier. You literally just put them in a jar (1 1/2 cups of dry oats makes about 3 servings), and fill the jar with water to a level just above the dry oats. Then you let it sit overnight.

Tapenade!

The simplicity of using a food processor may be the best culinary discovery I have made this year. I hesitated for a long time out of some misguided notion that they were all super-expensive, but when I finally got around to looking, I discovered you can get a nice 3-cup processor for about $20-$30. Oh. [...]