The Locavore

First I made strawberry jam, then I preserved peaches and then I made gooseberry jam–my dad and I picked baskets of the berries at the farm. I froze the extras and plan on turning them into tarts in the winter in addition to concocting lovely foods with the rhubarb I sliced and froze, the zucchini [...]

Last night my friend Zoe was visiting from NYC–the same night the local, sustainably grown peaches arrived that my sister and I planned to can. Instead of yacking around the kitchen table sipping mint tea, the three of us got to work. As soon as the kids were in bed, we put the pots of [...]