The paint palette of spring sometimes requires a boost. And in my particular case, the colors need to be vertically boosted away from the hungry beaks of my backyard chickens. KP and I re-purposed these pallets into flower beds. Really enlivens what was otherwise a chain link fence with all the usual vines. Spring usually […]
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Gouda Friday Savory Pancakes
A delicious Good Friday morning. Squash blossoms yawning open with the sunrise. Hot coffee and fat buttermilk gouda pancakes with a side of crackling bacon. The nest thick three chickens deep; a solo clarinet issuing “Just a Closer Walk with Thee” from a radio hitched to the coop (I believe the ladies are urged along […]
Mocha Bundt Cake
Glorious Springtime Weekend. Planting seeds by day, House of Cards by night. There is a new chicken at the Hammer ranch, Juicy. She’s a beauty. And a new flower post fashioned from a PVC pipe, hole punched and spray-painted and stacked with petunias and other bloomers. Pretty sure this is un-waterable…. didn’t think about that […]
Semolina Tartine Bread and Sudden Spring
And of a sudden, Spring. We took to the streets, chickens too, eyes squinted to allow more space for smile. I went to procure the nearest ice cream cone with which to celebrate Melting Of All Kinds. We break bread and give thanks. Semolina Tartine Bread Adapted from the Tartine Bread book Sourdough 200 […]
Red Quinoa and Lentil Pilaf with Cumin and Cauliflower
Spring is here! The ice is off the roads, so the moped returns! Thanks for the new carny crash helmet, Mom. It works. Though maybe this video is reason enough to get KP a matching brain bucket–or a side car. Minnesota T-shirt weather today—read, 40s. This is a recipe I adapted from the vegan chef […]