My Favorite Thanksgiving Herbs Thanksgiving is my most favorite holiday. I love everything about it: the weather finally getting cold in my area, the roasted turkey dinner with all the trimmings and the gathering of family and friends. It’s also the time of year when our garden is producing our favorite types of veggies: cold…
We have been busy bees In addition to the awesome content we produce here 3 days a week, Mark and I are both freelance writers. Here’s the latest roundup of articles we have currently published. Our previous article roundup can be found here. If you are interested in reading EVERYTHING we have ever written, you…
The Peachy Persimmon My mom grew persimmon trees. I saw “grew” because this year they decided not to bear fruit. Sadly, they never did do well in her yard. The few fruit we did mange to wrangle from the squirrels were divinely delicious. The persimmons my mother grew were not the native American variety, but…
A Hearty Meal Fit for Fall Now that we have harvested our first round of turnips, it’s time to create different ways to eat them. Most of the time, I cook them simply: boiled or roasted and then mashed with butter, salt and pepper. My kids aren’t super fond of turnips, so I do mix…
The Curious History of Curry Is curry a dish or a spice blend? Actually, it’s both. The “dish” originated in India but has since spread world-wide. The word curry is derived from Tamil, a South Indian language, meaning sauce. It was British traders that lumped together any dishes made from a mix of onion, ginger, turmeric, garlic, pepper,…