Photo by Judith Hausman My beans growing in Bob and Karen’s backyard. Around here, book club is the inner circle, the first network to consult for advice on nearly anything: electricians, school board candidates, pie crust. Ours (The Salem Witches) is fluid but committed; there’s always a quorum of very smart women with a list […]
I emphatically am not a cocktail person. For me, a relaxing and civilized alternative to the cocktail is the European tradition of aperitifs.
Photo by Judith Hausman Raspberries are the “queen of berries” in my opinion, and I get mine from Amawalk Farm in New York. I’ve always loved the view from the berry patch at The Hickories. The gentle hills fold down from the ridge (just over the Connecticut line from me in Ridgefield) and over the […]
Photo by Judith Hausman My preferred kitchen tools: wooden spoons. I suppose every trade has its tools and every person in the trade has a favorite tool. For essential versatility and usefulness, one of my own favorites is metal tongs with flat edges, perfect to turn over searing meats, lift poultry or nudge poaching fruit. […]
Photo by Judith Hausman Oysters on ice waiting to be devoured. Vicious storms made Rhode Island even smaller this year, but for a state the size of the Louisiana oil spill, Rhode Island has amazing food traditions. I won’t even tell you about the Italian part of Providence or the Portuguese communities this time. I […]
Photo by Judith Hausman Vanilla-poached rhubarb with cornmeal-cardamom biscuits. I walk past a rhubarb patch in (let’s call her) Mrs. Bloom’s yard nearly every day. Two years ago, I saw that while she is a wonderful gardener well into her 80s, Mrs. Bloom was not pulling her rhubarb. The gnarly flower stalk was unfurling and […]
In the seductive showing of spring, the get-up I look for and like best is the apple blossoms.
