Home Winter Recipe: Spaghetti Squash Where I live, pasta is one of the food staples that is hardest to find in bulk (one of my pet peeves). The closest bulk…Bea JohnsonFebruary 25, 2013
Home Seasonal Recipe: Cream of Sunchoke When we belonged to a CSA, our weekly box always came with a new recipe. Sometimes that recipe accompanied a new produce item. That's how…Bea JohnsonFebruary 11, 2013
Home Seasonal Recipe: Fennel Casserole One of my favorite dishes growing up, was my mom's fennel casserole. Yet, I thought about making it for my…Bea JohnsonFebruary 4, 2013
Home Seasonal Recipe: Pickled Herring Ever since I lived in Amsterdam, pickled herring has been one of my favorite appetizers. Today, I wish I could simply fill a jar of…Bea JohnsonJanuary 28, 2013
Home Pate Recipe Boy was my lunch delicious today. So good that I thought the recipe deserved getting shared with the world for others to enjoy. Looks like…Bea JohnsonNovember 30, 2012
Home Simple jam making With some time off between book edits this week, I was finally able to purchase the last remnant's of this summer's produce and tackle our family's canning…Bea JohnsonOctober 21, 2012
Home Quince: the perfect Zero Waste Fruit A couple of weeks ago, I went to Open Garden Project, a weekly garden exchange. I love the concept. I brought a couple of jars…Bea JohnsonOctober 17, 2011
Home Salt packed anchovies Every summer, I learn a few new things from my mom. While the kids learn french, I learn homemaking. I even dream that these new…Bea JohnsonSeptember 29, 2011
Lifestyle Progress! I have had a very satisfying 10 days and I thought I'd share them with you. Over the past couple of weekends, we adopted a…Bea JohnsonSeptember 21, 2011
Home Tomato Canning Last week, as planned, I made a list of things-to-do away from the computer, and one of the items, which I procrastinated on for the…Bea JohnsonSeptember 19, 2010