The April 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Esther of The Lilac Kitchen. She challenged everyone to make a traditional British pudding using, if possible, a very traditional British ingredient: suet. Normally I try and stay as close to the recipe as possible but I just didn’t feel comfortable using (and eating) suet so [...]
Monthly Archives: April 2010
Book Review and Giveaway: The Vegetable Gardener’s Book of Building Projects
April 18, 2010 – 3:26 pm
It’s the time of year (at least in Minnesota anyway) when the gardeners are all in limbo. The cold crops can go into the ground but nothing else until May 15th! What do we do while we wait? We need something to make the time go by faster- something that has to do with gardening [...]
Hope for Celery!
April 17, 2010 – 1:31 pm
I REALLY hope this pans out. I bought some last year from a lady at the farmers market and it was about 10 times more flavorful than store bought. I’ve never grown it before so I’m crossing my fingers. It says it needs lots of water and full sun. I hope it can handle a [...]
We Have Color!
April 11, 2010 – 10:06 pm
We’ve had a string of 70-degree days around this part of Minnesota. It was enough for me to drive over to Lester Prairie and visit Holasek’s Flower Power Nursery and get some things. I’m sure the greenhouses around here will have some things by the end of this week but I always prefer their selection [...]
Book Review: Spoon Fed by Kim Severson
April 7, 2010 – 9:33 pm
In some ways, the title Spoon Fed: How Eight Cooks Saved My Life is misleading. When I first came across the book on Amazon, I didn’t know who Kim Severson was (I’m not really a foodie and I don’t regularly read The New York Times) so I pictured the author to be someone who had [...]
