Looking back over the year with gratefulness and love. Looking forward to the New Year with more of the same, and perhaps you will join me with some resolutions. (photos by Natanielle Huizenga) “Let’s face it. Sometimes life is scary, especially when I feel so alone and out of place.” “I think when I get … Continue reading
I never got the idea of Moroccan Preserved Lemons, or other variations, where the instructions say to pack the lemon slices in salt, then when they are ready you have to take off the juicy lemony pulp part, throw that away, and rinse the salt off of the lemon peel and only use that. hmmmm. … Continue reading
A very good photographer took some photos of Swiss farms and life in the Alps, probably pre 1930. I love these photographs, and this way of life, so much.
I adored this museum. It was a four story museum with the most glorious and intricate antique farm tools, with an amazing dairy collection. We were shown an old documentary on hog killing and processing (which of course I loved) and also how they make a fruit type bread/pastry called Bauernbirnbrot. It is a rich … Continue reading
Next time I make this, and I definitely will make this again, I will add more lemons. It is delicious. In preparation for the arrival of the meyer lemons I ordered from The Lemon Ladies I began soaking the mustard seeds in sour kombucha about two weeks before. Mustard is so easy to make, and … Continue reading
This was our last night at the first youth hostel, and tomorrow we head to another area of Switzerland. I was overwhelmed on the first trip to the Swiss Farm Store, where they made and sold incredible fresh food, mostly grown on premises. This evening we walked the grounds, acre upon acre of fruit trees, … Continue reading
I have to admit, when I saw the case of lemons I ordered from the Lemon Ladies, I thought it a bit puny. I’m used to ordering cases of fruit to use in flower arrangements, and those cases are big. This was 10 pounds, but as I started using them, I thought, whew, this is … Continue reading
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