Living and writing in a circa 1840 New England Farmhouse with three generations of my family
Pumpkins are front and center at the farmhouse once October arrives. I use them to decorate the inside and outside of the farmhouse. I also love to create sweet and savory recipes with them. The simplest is one of my favorites: classic pumpkin bread.
It’s the first day of fall and I am already dreaming of pumpkins, sweet potatoes, and apple pie on my dinner plate and earthy fabric combinations on the sewing machine. I hope that you feel the same way because I have a little of each Read More
For years, I tried to create a method for cooking a flavorful, juicy pork chop with mixed results. Then I tried the easiest method yet: letting my cast iron skillet do what it is best at. The results were amazing and I have been cooking Read More
Making mashed sweet potatoes isn’t difficult, but it’s even easier to make Instant Pot mashed sweet potatoes. Let your Instant Pot do all the work and move straight to enjoying the yummy mashed sweet potatoes on your dinner plate.
Here at the farmhouse, waffles are as popular as pancakes. Yet I tend to make pancakes much more often. I don’t have a good reason for this. Sure, waffles require the use of a waffle iron, but heating up the waffle iron doesn’t take any Read More
Ripe peaches are a sure sign that summer is rounding into form here in New England. A few years back, our region’s entire peach crop was lost to a late spring freeze. Local orchards found themselves without a single peach to harvest. It was devastating Read More
Do you ever reach for the brown sugar in the pantry only to discover that you don’t have enough for the recipe you’re making? As much as I try to keep our pantry well stocked, I tend to run out of ingredients when I’m deep Read More
This quick and easy buttermilk cake can be mixed by hand and will be ready for the oven in minutes. It’s as easy as making a cake from a boxed mix.
This creamed corn is one of my favorite ways to serve fresh corn. It’s simple and uncomplicated, all about the natural deliciousness of corn and dill. It’s spectacular.
