Browsing Tag

harvest

  • Time for dead man’s bones

    Some people claim Halloween is their favorite holiday. Not me! I respect its origins in Samhain, the Celtic celebration of harvest’s end and remembering those who died in the previous…

    October 28, 2021 by

  • Pickles? It’s that time again!

    “Vinegar? Anyone know where I can find white vinegar?” The plea was on a local Facebook message board. “Especially Heinz.” It’s pickling season here on the coast of Maine and, like…

    August 13, 2020 by

  • Bread & Tomatoes

    Tomato Time! Late summer cries out for luscious ripe tomatoes, warm from the garden sun, fresh from the farmer’s market, at every meal, every eating opportunity, throughout the day. I keep a bowl…

    September 4, 2019 by

  • Olive Harvest 2017

    Reaching for that last little cluster of olives, high on a branch just visible against the low-lying autumn sun, feeling the ache in the neck, in the…

    October 29, 2017 by

  • Pumpkin pasta: Why not?

    Here’s a great seasonal recipe from The Four Seasons of Pasta, the book I wrote with my chef daughter Sara Jenkins: Pumpkin Pasta with Pumpkin Seeds, a fine…

    October 11, 2017 by
  • Tuscan wheat

    Wheat Harvest

    When I first came to Italy, too many years ago now to count, it was just about this time of year, late June or early July. We drove down through the Crete…

    June 22, 2012 by