We had a truly bohemian affair with roving, hat bedecked waiters passing mulled wine and cookies pre-dinner at Sweet Elena’s Bakery and Cafe des Artistes in Sand City over the weekend, including a sold out book sale followed by a delicious family feast ala “Lolly’s Kitchen” prepared by my sister and chef, Josie Rowe. Imagine [...]

Apples for jam, apples for butter, apples for jelly, for eating and more. I managed to can 5 cases of slow-cooked apple butter (or apple jam, I say) this past week in my tiny kitchen, and boy was it a lot of work–who knew? Hence so many other things just didn’t get done, like the [...]

So this morning it is totally socked in with fog around my house; the school alarm just went off across the street which sent me running out the door in my pj’s with the code to turn it off (someone beat me to it). Pausing to see what all the commotion is down the street–lots [...]