Eating From the Ground Up

lemon-pickled turnips

alana — Wed, 16 May 2012 14:31:34 +0000

Sometimes, a pickle can make all the difference.

I’m not talking about cucumber pickles that you eat on their own, or as a spear alongside a sandwich. I’m talking about that which I seem to have started to call “pickle” …

yesterday

alana — Mon, 14 May 2012 12:15:02 +0000

Well, we are very nearly back up to snuff here. I have a recipe (first canning recipe of the season!) and a book that I’m excited to share with you, but I thought that today, while I get this all …

under construction

alana — Sun, 13 May 2012 12:51:54 +0000

Oh dear.

The site seems to be in a bit of a pickle. But I’m working on it. I promise. I’m hoping to have it all fixed up in the next day or so. In the mean time, happy mother’s …

roasted radishes and brocolli raab

alana — Fri, 11 May 2012 02:04:07 +0000

Years ago, when Sadie’s hair was toddler-thin and Rosie was remarkable in her resemblance to a potato (I say that lovingly, of course, but anyone will tell you that it was true), I worked as a governess to three girls.…

dirt

alana — Tue, 08 May 2012 16:56:29 +0000

I’m doing my best to take a few days off from the kitchen so I can give some attention to this vast expanse of dirt (er, soil) that I have so ambitiously laid out for myself. It’s going well–I’ve got …

rhubarb cinnamon polenta cake

alana — Fri, 04 May 2012 17:57:54 +0000

I hope that Nigel Slater has a couch in his kitchen. I like to dream of sitting on that couch, feet up, glass of something yummy in my hand, as I watch him cook. He just seems like someone who …

crock pot greek yogurt

alana — Tue, 01 May 2012 23:56:01 +0000

When I talk about my yogurt maker, I usually encounter one of two reactions.

The first is, “Oh my, I need one of those now! I’m off to buy my very own,” or better yet, (and just as often) …

clutching flowers

alana — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 01:53:41 +0000

Oh, the city.

Just after we last spoke, I was on the train, then catapulting into Grand Central, a quick stop into Posman Books to hug Anna, and then I had 20 minutes to find the right building, the …

the cracker that just might do it

alana — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 13:33:14 +0000

“What is the one food that will change people’s lives when they start making it at home?”

I’ve been getting this question a lot, and I still pause and stumble over it. I just don’t quite have a clean answer.…

how to peel an egg and other tricks

alana — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 18:17:13 +0000

I’ve come to think that cooking involves a bit of hunger and intuition, mixed with a whole lot of tricks.

I’ve got plenty of hunger, and I want food to satiate it! There were times when I was in college …