Take Advantage of Late-season Corn It’s late summer here in Upstate NY, and the end-of-season sweet corn is just coming into its own. Typically, the best corn of the year is the last to ripen, and that is what we have right now. It’s amazing no matter how you prepare it. We love Fresh Corn Fritters which are a more…
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Bread and Butter Pickles you don’t have to can! When I originally published this recipe, an unbelievable 10 years ago, I was an avowed Bread and Butter Pickle hater. Haters gonna hate, am I right? But not anymore. I changed my tune, I switched horses in mid-stream, and I turned over a new leaf. I can admit when I have…
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An Easy Tomato Sauce is a must if you garden It’s that time of year with which I have a love/hate relationship. The tomatoes are starting to come in the back door in multiple 5-gallon buckets now. That means that no matter what else is going on, I have to deal with them. Mostly because we only have so many…
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Vanilla Bean Ice Cream is simplicity itself Summer. Such a happy word, with so many memories and feelings attached. Long hot days at the town pool. The incredible freedom of riding our bikes all over town. Laying on our backs and watching clouds float by through the canopy of our favorite elm tree. Another sweet childhood recollection involved sitting on…
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Try this delicious idea! It is the beginning of cucumber season here in Upstate NY. I went looking through my old posts for a really great cucumber recipe to bring up here to the top of things and this one seemed like a great choice. I hope you enjoy it all over again! We wait all year for the garden…
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