One Pretty Pumpkin, Warts and All
The big, warty salmon-pink pumpkin surprised me when it appeared in my community garden plot this year. I couldn’t remember planting the seed. I must have, though, because rolling around my brain was...
View ArticleEnd-of-the-Year Treat: Winter Watermelon
Remember the long piece I wrote last year on the ‘Winter King and Queen’ watermelon? The winter-watermelon fun continues. Last spring I gave my friend Betty several starts of ‘Winter King and Queen,’...
View ArticleBring on The Briner
“I should have invented that!” my husband said to himself when he first saw The Briner. People who are handy apparently say this to themselves often, but in this case it’s true: He should have invented...
View ArticleTasting Brined Whole Watermelon
I finally took one of my ‘Winter King and Queen’ watermelons out of its trash can full of brine and sliced it open. What a revelation! This pickled watermelon wasn’t slimy and tomato-like, like the...
View ArticleBay Nut Brownies
I must apologize for my long silence. I was extraordinarily busy last year finishing two books, The Curious Kitchen Garden, to be published by Timber Press next spring, and First Fruits: The Lewellings...
View ArticlePoached Quinces, for the Pantry
I’ve been cooking quinces in wine and honey for decades, but only this year have I canned the poached quinces for eating out of season. The wine and honey wonderfully complement the flavor of the...
View ArticleGoodbye, 2025
Thank goodness the winter calm has given me a chance to finally post some news. Following are highlights from my garden this past fall and early winter. My Christmas Eve tomato harvest. These are...
View ArticleWhence the Whipple?
The Whipple is a dry bush bean that’s pretty to look at—it’s maroon mottled with white—and said to be richly flavored. The bean is getting a lot of attention here in Oregon because it’s particularly...
View ArticlePink Cauliflower and Black Republicans
Those of you in the Portland area might catch my talk on Thursday, June 11, at 7:00 p.m. at the Museum of the Oregon Territory. I’ll be discussing my book First Fruits: The Lewellings and the Birth of...
View ArticleA Brilliant Use for Blackberries
It’s been two years since I developed the recipe I’m about to share; I stored it away on my computer and forgot about it. Now, at the height of production for my Heaven Can Wait blackberries, I had to...
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