New New Pickles

September 25, 2011
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Sometimes I eat them faster than I can take pictures. Each season I like to try at least one new canning recipe. There are just so many things to try! Last year it was Pickled Eggplant and it was a complete keeper- I just made 4.5 pints today. I love using it in lieu of [...]

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Summer

September 2, 2011
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It is useful to have minions to do your blueberry picking bidding. Summer has passed by faster than I realized. Life has been fairly hectic. I have managed some canning (see the sidebar of the main blog page if you are reading via RSS) but probably not as much as I typically do in the [...]

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Say Hello to My Little Friend

May 21, 2011
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It will probably hurt almost as much as Tony Montana’s little friend. A few years ago I became obsessed with finding the perfect mortar and pestle. I spent months scouring kitchen stores, thrift stores and web sites but nothing seemed deep enough or wide enough for my goal- the perfect vessel for hand grinding spices. [...]

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DC Farmers Market Map

May 11, 2011
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We are really lucky in DC. By my count, we have 22 23 24(!) 25 Farmers Markets operating 6 days a week once the season gets into full swing. And that does not include the easily accessible ones just over the city lines! We also have a mobile farmers market set to hit the streets [...]

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“Locavore” Knitting

March 26, 2011
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Do you know which sheep your mittens came from? I have a fabulously talented and creative friend named Gina. Quite appropriately, we met over gin and bonded over pickles. Well, canning at least. I met Gina when she was teaching a cocktail class. Gin was really involved and we soon discovered our shared passion for [...]

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