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Thank you for the inspiring list - also, for your words of wisdom at the Petaluma Artisan Cheese Festival last Monday. Gabrielle Hamilton's memoir is still in my head after finishing BB&B a few weeks ago - she is one terrific author - 97 Orchard, an account of immigrants living in New York in the late 1800's/early 1900's makes me appreciate all of the culinary blessings that we now have
Commented Apr 3, 2011 on Bibliography for Eating My Words at Ruth Reichl
Bibliography for Eating My Words
After I spoke at Stanford yesterday, some people asked if I would post a bibliography of the books I mentioned during the speech. And no wonder; as I began to compile this list, I realized that I referenced a great many books - and that many of them are fairly obscure. The opening quo...
Blessings to all - the dignity, grace and courage shown in the face of this horror is an inspiration
Commented Mar 18, 2011 on From a Friend of a Friend in Japan at Ruth Reichl
From a Friend of a Friend in Japan
Yes, we're still in Tokyo. I understand that many countries have advised their citizens to evacuate Tokyo, or even Japan. It seems a little too overreacting to me, though. The nuclear threat is real, however, the readings are really really low. We're doing everything we can to stop the plant fro...
Great gift idea ! For anyone who lives in eastern Sonoma (close to Napa county line) check out Lunita Farm ! This CSA is a project on my property started by 2 lovely young farmers from New York/New Jersey who re-located to No. CA - the winter veggies are now being harvested - lovely!
Commented Dec 23, 2010 on Gift Guide, Day 26 at Ruth Reichl
Gift Guide, Day 26
A Share in a CSA: Snow showers, gray sky, frozen world. It must be this weather that has me dreaming of summer, longing for green things to start springing from the earth. I’ve been thinking that if someone gave me a share in a local CSA (Community Supported Agriculture), as a Christmas prese...
The Fremont Diner in Sonoma California has bacon bandaids in their gift shop and of course Mo's Milk Chocolate Bacon candy bar from Vosges - love this bacon theme, Ruth!
Commented Dec 12, 2010 on Gift Guide, Day 15 at Ruth Reichl
Gift Guide, Day 15
Bring Home the Bacon: The best present I ever gave my former boss, Si Newhouse (the epitome of the man who has everything), was some bacon from Violet Hills Farm. I waited on line at the farmers market for hours to get it. But that was years ago, when the bacon craze was new and there was no s...
Oh yes ! Steve Sando has the most delicious beans - great gifts for Christmas!
Commented Dec 5, 2010 on Gift Guide, Day 7 at Ruth Reichl
Gift Guide, Day 7
A Wardrobe of Great Beans Yesterday was all about carnivores. Today we’re taking the other tack, coming up with ways to please a vegetarian. In my opinion, every vegetarian's perennial problem is trying to find good beans. This is because most stores keep them forever and sell them stale, so that...
Someday when you try this recipe, please do share the results !! This made me laugh and reminded me of an odd combination of ingredients for a recipe that I found in an old magazine. A friend and I were driving through the countryside one day back in the '80s and came across a run down and obviously vacant house - I found a stack of magazines from the 1950's (don't recall the name) while rummaging in this abandoned house in the Carneros region of Napa -we cautiously entered and curiously snooped through the remains of which there was a collection of a publication that featured home decorating, gardening and cooking. One of the recipes went something like this: Take a thick slice of ham and spread peanut butter on the top, add a jar of maraschino cherries, chopped onions and garlic powder. Pour 1 cup of pineapple juice on top and bake for 30 minutes. I never had the courage to experiment with this dish, however have often wondered who and why the creator came up with the combination ?!
Commented Sep 15, 2010 on Old Cookbooks 2 at Ruth Reichl
Old Cookbooks 2
Last week, in my favorite used book store, I found the most incredible group of cookbooks from the forties. The three bound notebooks are each so densely covered with tiny handwriting that they look like the work of a mad cook suffering from horror vacui, loath to leave a single bit of white spa...
Oh Ruth !! This sounds like an event not to be missed and I hope that the only reason you cannot attend is due to your writing retreat in N.H. !
Please put my name in the hat - you are toooooo generous !
Commented Sep 11, 2010 on The Art of Farming at Ruth Reichl
The Art of Farming
I've got four $250 tickets to the Art of Farming cocktail party at Sotheby's in New York on September 23 to give away. For information on the first Tri-State Heirloom Vegetable auction, go to artoffarming.org. This first-of-its-kind event will celebrate edible heirlooms and the art involved in th...
Nothing better than June apricots and I am also planning to make something with the stash that I picked up at the Marin Farmer's market on Thursday. The original idea was to make the recipe in Comfort Me with Apples for apricot pie but if you have a recommended recipe for crisp, please do note which one it is. Cheers !
Commented Jun 19, 2010 on Just back from the farmers market. Still fairly... at Ruth Reichl
Just back from the farmers market. Still fairly...
Just back from the farmers market. Still fairly sparse up here, but it was so good to be walking among all those people with dirt under their fingernails. I was hoping for sour cherries. Alas, I'll have to wait until next week. But the apricots and sugar snaps are lovely, and I got some great loc...
This is inspiring - a couple of young folks from upstate NY are now farming on my property in Sonoma and have started a CSA. Check out Lunita Farm !! This week I was the appreciative beneficiary of kale, lettuce, radishes, baby summer squash - I will use some of the recipes from Comfort Me with Apples - thank you Ruth for your wonderful books !!
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Commented Jun 18, 2010 on The sun is streaming into the kitchen, mingling... at Ruth Reichl
The sun is streaming into the kitchen, mingling...
The sun is streaming into the kitchen, mingling with the scent of the chicken stock which has been slowly burbling away all day. It’s the smell I missed most while I was laid up, and I’m so happy to have that warm aroma rolling through the house. It will be risotto, and sauces and maybe a few lat...
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