It’s About the Green Beans, Stupid!
For all the complaining I did about green beans as a child, I can’t believe I’m growing (and eating) more of them these days than practically any other vegetable. My green bean complaints started...
View ArticleSlow-Sautéed Pole Beans with Shallots and Bacon — Not so Pretty, but Pretty...
When the pole bean trellis blew down for the second time, we left it. Granted, we were a bit annoyed at the pole beans. They took a lifetime to germinate and what seemed like eternity to start...
View ArticleYou Say Borlotti, I Say Cranberry—Beans, That Is
Halfway through the summer, I gave into temptation and bought a new packet of seeds for the vegetable garden. (Like I really needed more seeds—we had so many left over from our order last winter that I...
View ArticleStormy Minestrone, A Recipe for Comfort
All I can think about today is soup. This may be because I have too many vegetables crowding up the fridge. After another round of recipe development and a pre-hurricane sweep of the garden, I am left...
View ArticleSlow-Sautéed Green Beans, Before The Frost Comes
We’re in between the color and the cold right now. But no frost yet. So we still have flowers. Round two or three or four on the self-seeding calendulas. And we still have green beans. Yay. Rattlesnake...
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