"The Cook and the Gardener"

"The Cook and the Gardener"

Although set in the French Countryside, Amanda Hesser’s book The Cook and the Gardener holds many lessons and much encouragement for Americans seeking to tie their living more closely to the land. Over the year she served as a cook in a chateau in Burgundy,...
An Easy Summer Bread

An Easy Summer Bread

Debbie did an excellent post on bread baking last fall, and we’ve also talked about how baking bread fits in to the rhythm of the seasons, but when spring rolls around I’m much more likely to want to spend time in the garden than in the kitchen. And yet,...

Laundry on the Line

I have been a die hard clothesline fan since I purchased a kit from Martha Stewart and set up a proper line. Sure you can use a couple of hooks and a plastic line from Home Depot in a pinch but if you intend on committing to forgoing the dryer whenever possible you...

Small Changes Matter

They say that it’s important to always be learning and growing as you go about your life. Sometimes this takes the form of huge leaps forward, but more often people take small incremental steps. You may not be able to make a comprehensive shift to a completely...