I imagine this will probably be the most perfect radish I will ever grow.
Limiting?
Defeating?
Triumphant?
Not imagining at all?
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Lisa McCord: Rotan Switch
15 hours ago
May 31, 2009
Imagination
I imagine this will probably be the most perfect radish I will ever grow.
Limiting?
Defeating?
Triumphant?
Not imagining at all?
May 23, 2009
Summertime By The Sea
The Squeeze launched off the season with his Collective opening the summer music program for Shoreline Village. They played upbeat jazz standards while the sun set and the folks enjoyed a beautiful summer evening with a glass of wine, an ice cream cone, or a stroll around the harbor boardwalk.
May 10, 2009
Strawberries, Ginger, and Rhubarb, Oh My!
Spring is fully sprung and after seeing (and buying) the beautiful strawberries at the Farmer's Market yesterday, a hankering for Strawberry-Rhubarb pie overtook me. I didn't see any rhubarb at the market since it doesn't grow well in this climate. I'll test it myself since I planted two roots a month or so ago. Nothing has popped up, but I keep telling myself this winter when it's colder I'll see it thrive. Hmmm. Anyway, since I can't grow it in my own garden, off to Whole Foods I went and came back with some beautiful, slender, ruby red rhubarb.
Then came the dilemma. I'm not a baker. I can't bake. I've tried to bake. There is really no nice way to say this other than I truly suck at baking. So, that narrowed down my baking choice to a crumble...which is usually how my pie crusts turn out anyway. And yet, I wanted a bottom crust...all that strawberry/rhubarb juicy goodness laying on top of a sweet crust to make sure nothing gets lost on the plate. Yep, a traditional crumble wouldn't do. Now, if it wasn't Mother's Day, I would have called Mrs. S. for her recipe. She's (a) family (friend) and I remember her beautiful strawberry-rhubarbs from my childhood which always showed up in the summer for the pool parties, inevitably arriving in her gigantic wicker basket covered with a gingham cloth. I used to have a smaller version of that basket because I loved her entrances to the parties so much....
But, since it was Mother's Day and she's surrounded by a bevy of children and grandchildren today, I'm sure....the internet would have to do. After a lot of yummy recipes passing across my eyes, I settled on a bit of a combination of things. Its core recipe is from Ken Haefich's book PIE
which includes a "skillet crust". This is right up my alley. Basically it's melted butter with vanilla and then the flour and sugar is folded in until if forms a crumb-like crust that can be pressed into your pie plate. Just up my non-baker alley. From there it was adapted by Barbara Fisher on her site Tigers and Strawberries where she added lemon juice and lemon zest as well as ground ginger and cardamon.
I took it one step further and added a tiny bit more ground ginger in the skillet crust and candied ginger in the actual pie/crumble. The pie is decidedly more rhubarb that strawberry given its 2 to 1 ratio, but that's fine by me! It's cooling now and The Squeeze and I will have it after his Mother's Day gig at The Cat Man Blu, a new cajun restaurant that opened up in place of Casa Vino. We'll let you know how it is!
Then came the dilemma. I'm not a baker. I can't bake. I've tried to bake. There is really no nice way to say this other than I truly suck at baking. So, that narrowed down my baking choice to a crumble...which is usually how my pie crusts turn out anyway. And yet, I wanted a bottom crust...all that strawberry/rhubarb juicy goodness laying on top of a sweet crust to make sure nothing gets lost on the plate. Yep, a traditional crumble wouldn't do. Now, if it wasn't Mother's Day, I would have called Mrs. S. for her recipe. She's (a) family (friend) and I remember her beautiful strawberry-rhubarbs from my childhood which always showed up in the summer for the pool parties, inevitably arriving in her gigantic wicker basket covered with a gingham cloth. I used to have a smaller version of that basket because I loved her entrances to the parties so much....
But, since it was Mother's Day and she's surrounded by a bevy of children and grandchildren today, I'm sure....the internet would have to do. After a lot of yummy recipes passing across my eyes, I settled on a bit of a combination of things. Its core recipe is from Ken Haefich's book PIE
which includes a "skillet crust". This is right up my alley. Basically it's melted butter with vanilla and then the flour and sugar is folded in until if forms a crumb-like crust that can be pressed into your pie plate. Just up my non-baker alley. From there it was adapted by Barbara Fisher on her site Tigers and Strawberries where she added lemon juice and lemon zest as well as ground ginger and cardamon.
I took it one step further and added a tiny bit more ground ginger in the skillet crust and candied ginger in the actual pie/crumble. The pie is decidedly more rhubarb that strawberry given its 2 to 1 ratio, but that's fine by me! It's cooling now and The Squeeze and I will have it after his Mother's Day gig at The Cat Man Blu, a new cajun restaurant that opened up in place of Casa Vino. We'll let you know how it is!
May 9, 2009
Green Long Beach
A break from NYC pictures because I've been too busy catching up at the office to actually even download them. And besides, you know how I feel about my garden and today was garden-liscious. Today in Long Beach was the first Green festival. It was being held in the Arts District Downtown and actually goes on until 10pm tonight. It seems like it was a great success. It coincided with the Saturday AD Farmers Market and the nighttime Second Saturday Art Walk, so there was a LOT going on including music all day, free yoga in the art park, free classes, tons of green companies showing their wares, activist groups sharing their visions, and naturally our little organic community garden was in full swing as a testament to it all. Green Long Beach
I spent most of the day in the Garden which was open to the public and which hosted the worm composting seminar (kind gross and yet so cool!). Time was spent with all the other gardeners watching people marvel at our little patch of heaven in the middle of the Arts District. The peach trees are heavy with fruit so they were giveaways along with extra seeds and seedlings each gardener contributed. We hope that everyone got inspired to grow something, even if it's in a pot on the windowsill. And a shoutout to Adriana from the blog/podcasts "Anarchy in the Garden" which I read religiously. I understand you were there seeking out information to start a community garden. Sorry I didn't know you were there and GOOD LUCK!
I spent most of the day in the Garden which was open to the public and which hosted the worm composting seminar (kind gross and yet so cool!). Time was spent with all the other gardeners watching people marvel at our little patch of heaven in the middle of the Arts District. The peach trees are heavy with fruit so they were giveaways along with extra seeds and seedlings each gardener contributed. We hope that everyone got inspired to grow something, even if it's in a pot on the windowsill. And a shoutout to Adriana from the blog/podcasts "Anarchy in the Garden" which I read religiously. I understand you were there seeking out information to start a community garden. Sorry I didn't know you were there and GOOD LUCK!
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