In order to meet the 2 birds with one stone principle–in this case write up a new post quickly and make my daughter something for dinner as I’m heading off to yet another reading tonight–I thought I’d whip up her favorite soup and leave it for her in the fridge. So Kabocha squash soup it [...]

I’m finally getting around to writing up the recipe for my apple butter talked about in a recent post. If you happen to have my new book, there is a variation of this recipe in there, made with both pears and apples, honey, and left a little chunkier (pictured). This is for the rest of [...]

As mentioned in an earlier post about Henry Miller, I first came across a quince tree while living for one magical year in his Big Sur house. The old gnarled tree at the edge of his property produced just enough chartreuse-yellow fruits for me to make several jars of quince jelly and try my hand [...]