Summer’s Delight: Roasted Sweet Corn and BBQ When the sun shines brightly and the aroma of barbecue wafts through the air, you know summer has arrived. But for me, nothing quite captures the essence of this season like the taste of sweet corn. For the past three summers, I’ve reveled in the joy of growing […]
I bet you have all been waiting with ‘baited breath’ for me to reveal our “TOP SECRET” Family Recipe, ever since I referred to it in my last post about making peach vinegar. First, before I reveal our family recipe (and risk the wrath of my family for revealing this secret recipe 😉, I thought […]
I’m sure you all have been waiting with baited breath for the second installment of how to grow and dry your own herbs….I know I have 😉 Clockwise from top left – Oregano, Basil, Sage, Purple Basil, Parsley and Thyme. Last time we talked about how to harvest and dry your herbs. The process is […]
Do you love using herbs when you cook? I do – especially basil and oregano. I also appreciate how easy they are to grow. I grow basil, oregano, rosemary, sage and thyme in my garden. To be honest, I don’t use a lot of fresh herbs and I really should. I tend to use dried herbs […]
I always think of the week of Memorial Day as the first ‘unofficial’ week of summer. The weather is getting hot, the kids have their last day of school and it is also a time of harvest. For the past few weeks, my tomato and bush bean plants have been fruitful. Every week, I blanch […]
This was the last full day of our Northeast road trip. We spent the night at a wonderful bed & breakfast, called the Willard Street Inn Each road trip that we have gone on, we splurge for one night and stay at a fun bed & breakfast. (Our other nights have been spent at Hampton […]
Yesterday was a day we devoted to food in Vermont. One of the many fun things to do on a road trip is to sample the local fare. Of course, my mother and I are happy to participate in this. We had heard that Al’s Famous French Fries had the world’s best fries, so we […]
We are nearing the end of our road trip and are having a fabulous time! Here is summary of what we did yesterday…. Seneca Falls, New York We visited the place where the Women’s Rights movement began in Seneca Falls, New York. It is a national park and the tour and displays were very interesting. […]
Our road trip is going very well. We encounter both the expected and unexpected each day, which is part of the adventure. We spent a very wet morning, visiting Niagara Falls. The falls are truly magnificent and pictures do not adequately describe the beauty and power of the falls. And, no – we didn’t fall […]
We are more then half-way through our road trip and are having a fabulous time. We have encountered great food, not so great food, interesting tourist destinations, beautiful plants as well as some over-hyped destinations. Our typical road trip day begins with breakfast at the hotel and then we head to our car, turn on […]
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