Lisa’s Beets

Lisa Cherkasky is my good friend and a most talented food stylist. She and I met when we worked together as the fish cooks at a tony Washington, DC restaurant. She emailed me one day, asking for Chioggia beets. I explained that there was  nothing growing in the garden...

Spring is Near

The frogs are once again croaking in our pond. They’re called Wood Frogs, named, I believe, because they live most of the time in the woods. They search out water in which to breed, often shallow ponds, known as vernal ponds. In our yard, they breed in the deep...