Is there anything cuter than a baby cucumber? Well, I think a baby watermelon is actually much cuter. And, potentially sweeter. C’mon baby fruits! I’ve had the hardest time with both of these plants as they apparently need much more water than I’d been giving them (at least in our typical-for-this-time-of-year 100° temps. But now…
Food & Drink
No Waste: Cooking With Sweet Potato Greens
Remember way back at the beginning of this gardening season, before daily 100-degree heat advisories set in? I had finally filled up my raised beds with soil and, lacking any other planting opportunities, I plunked some sprouting store-bought sweet potatoes in the ground in my enthusiasm. Yeah, they didn’t look very promising. They got even…
Chicago-Style Deep-Dish Pizza
Chicago-Style Deep-Dish Pizza Main Dishes, Special Occasions Difficulty: Easy Ingredients Dough 3¼ cups (16 1/4 ounces) unbleached all-purpose flour ½ cup (2 3/4 ounces) yellow cornmeal 1½ tsp table salt 2 tsp sugar 2¼ tsp instant or rapid-rise yeast 1¼ cups water (10 ounces), room temperature 3 tbsp unsalted butter , melted, plus 4…
No Waste: The Nose-To-Tail Lifestyle
I didn’t grow up during the Great Depression or anything, but you’d probably never know it from some of my attitudes — and I’m not the only one; there’s a whole “meme” or groundswell occurring in our society. What in the world am I talking about? You may have heard about the idea of nose-to-tail…