Category Archives: Recipes

What A Wonderful Day!

Posted on October 28, 2010 by Ann Lovejoy
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It’s a treat to find local chanterelles and coral mushrooms, but what a fabulous adventure mushroom hunting turns into when the rare and highly prized matsutake can be found. Continue reading →

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Halloween Pasta

Posted on October 27, 2010 by Ann Lovejoy
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Singing For Our Supper I belong to a small folk music group (four people, not especially small folks) that’s been playing in various farmer’s markets over the summer, busking for donations for the local foodbanks. Last week, we played for … Continue reading →

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The Very Best Black Bean Soup

Posted on October 22, 2010 by Ann Lovejoy
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just love home dried soup beans–tender, almost creamy, with soft skins and robust, lively flavors that get lost in commercially dried beans. Tonight I made soup with our own black beans that really was fabulous. Continue reading →

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Mushroom Season: Chanterelles and Matsutake

Posted on October 21, 2010 by Ann Lovejoy
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It’s mushroom time again and the soft, damp autumn has made for terrific crops of chanterelles, both white and golden. I especially love these tender mushrooms, which have a faint scent of apricot and a delicate, almost buttery flavor. Continue reading →

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