by Julie | Aug 26, 2009
Henry was so excited to pick out this giant tomato from the “seconds” bin at Olivia’s Organics stall at the farmers’ market.* Little did he know that an over-zealous little sister would nosh on most of it while I was making dinner.** *Henry had...
by Julie | Aug 2, 2009
What kind of kid sneaks into the fridge to eat anchovy paste straight from the tube? The same kind of kid who eats butter, I guess. Or who is big brother to a caper eater. (Or…am I not providing enough decent snack options??)
by Julie | Jul 29, 2009
There was a recipe in the New York Times a week or so ago for granola, and the whole pre-recipe descriptor was so drool-worthy that I’m surprised it took me this long to try it. Recipe author Melissa Clark went to some fancy little shop where people were forming...
by Julie | Jul 28, 2009
Another recent Summer Jar task was making popsicles. I got a popsicle mold years ago, before I had kids even, I think (maybe in an attempt to make a healthier dessert?). We don’t bring it out nearly often enough. First we made a simple syrup (heat equal parts...
by Julie | Jul 22, 2009
Last week the Summer Jar told us to try a new food (the Jar told us this the day after we’d gone to the farmers’ market and eaten sour cherries and Italian broccoli greens for the first time, but apparently the Jar thinks we still weren’t being...
by Julie | Jul 2, 2009
Strawberry season in Maine is about six days long, and with the near-Biblical amounts of rain we’ve gotten, most of the strawberries are rotting, and the season has been shortened to twelve hours. That doesn’t stop the hearty Mainers from venturing out...
