Living and writing in a circa 1840 New England Farmhouse with three generations of my family
I think that by now it may be painfully obvious that I love to cook and bake. What may not be so obvious is my extreme tendency to try and make something less than ordinary into something extraordinary. My complete inability to leave well enough Read More
I wish that I could take the credit for this recipe. If you believed that I had dreamt this cookie batter up in our farmhouse kitchen, I might be elevated to genius status in the opinion of my readers. Alas, I did not create this Read More
For anyone who needs a little inspiration in the holiday baking department, may I suggest an 1840 Farm favorite? How about a few peppermint humbugs? Originally posted December 9, 2010 Bah, humbug. It just hasn’t seemed like the holidays here at 1840 Farm this year. Read More
These toasted coconut macaroons are delicious with a cup of coffee or pot of tea. They’re so simple to make and can be in the oven in minutes.
We have been baking a lot of cookies lately. No one here at 1840 Farm seems to mind. So far we’ve had chocolate crinkles, chocolate mint meltaways, oatmeal white chocolate chip, coconut macaroons, espresso chocolate chip shortbread, and Mr.1840 Farm’s famous chocolate chip. When I Read More
Prepare yourself. December is shaping up to be a month full of cookies here at 1840 Farm. I will make no apologies for tempting you with photos of decadent looking cookie treats in the coming weeks. I will not shy away from posting recipes for batches of cookie dough that involve Julia Child-like quantities of butter. Consider yourself warned.
There are certain foods that scream summer to me. At the very top of the list is my beloved heirloom tomato. I long ago confessed my deep-rooted love of tomatoes, especially the heirloom variety. During the summer, heirloom tomatoes take center stage in the 1840 Read More
Read my new post on the Community Chickens forum from the publishers of Mother Earth News and Grit Magazine: A Lesson Learned from Hurricane Irene
Heirloom tomato, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways starting with the first ripe Purple Calabash of 2011.
Two words: heirloom tomatoes. I will freely admit to being giddy this morning. Why? I have spotted the first ripening heirloom tomatoes in our greenhouse. I know that it will only be a few days and there will be Peacevine Cherry tomatoes to enjoy fresh Read More
We’re deep into raspberry season here at 1840 Farm. Every day for the past few weeks, we have found ourselves out in the raspberry patch reaching into the brambles to pluck the ripe berries and tenderly place them in their berry baskets. It’s not a Read More
Sometimes Mother Nature really irks me. This is one of those times. We finally tasted the beauty of the spring of 2011 only to be pulled straight into an unending succession of rainy, damp days. Then came heat and humidity the likes of August in Read More