Living and writing in a circa 1840 New England Farmhouse with three generations of my family
With very little time spent in the Farmhouse Kitchen on Sunday, we have a warm chicken salad sandwich to enjoy for lunch followed by a pot of double strength bone broth and leftover chicken to create delicious and quick meals during the busy week ahead. This chicken and bone broth has become a weekly ocurrence.
Cornbread is a modern take on a recipe as old as America. When the first European settlers arrived on the shore of the New World, they were introduced to corn, called “maize”. The Powhatan Indians cultivated corn and used it to produce a variety of Read More
I am often inspired to create a new recipe by something delicious at our local butcher, farmer’s market, or grocery store. This is just that sort of recipe. I discovered a beautiful supply of blood oranges at our local produce market and couldn’t wait to Read More
There’s something so simple yet completely decadent about a delicious loaf of warm bread. That crunch on the exterior paired with the airy soft interior is a delectable combination. Add a creamy bit of butter spread on top and it becomes otherworldly. Just thinking about Read More
Do you need a heavy duty stand mixer to make homemade bread? In a word, no. Grab a mixing bowl, a good recipe, and I’ll teach you how to make homemade bread by hand just the way Grandma did.
Like many families, we start our New Year with a dinner that includes black-eyed peas, cornbread, and greens. It’s a tradition that we started several years ago after moving to New England. It simply wouldn’t seem like the first day of the year without black-eyed Read More
Molasses. It’s a flavor beloved or reviled. I adore it. I love it in bread, barbecue sauce, baked beans, and the old fashioned molasses cookies that I have been trying to perfect a recipe for this holiday season. Molasses cookies seem to take as many Read More
A batch of warm homemade cookies are pure comfort food. If those cookies happen to be snickerdoodles, all the better. The aroma of cinnamon and the delicate crunch of sugar that each snickerdoodle is rolled in before baking make them an old fashioned and delicious treat.
Is there anything more warm and comforting than homemade macaroni and cheese? There’s just something about the unctuous cheese sauce, tender macaroni, and the knowledge that you went to the trouble to make something from scratch that can be made from a box with a Read More
Living in a circa 1840s farmhouse has taught me to not keep around items that are rarely used, those that only perform a single task on rare occasions. Our old farmhouse simply doesn’t have the storage space to allow me to keep items on hand Read More
Bone broth is the simplest of preparations and yields such delicious and nutritious results. It requires no fancy ingredients and doesn’t demand constant attention. Given enough time and heat, the bones break down, releasing all of their gelatin and minerals into the liquid. The resulting Read More
