Eighth of an Acre Bounty

Random thoughts and anecdotes on cooking, critters, gardening and life on our small city lot.

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Entries Tagged as 'Local Food'

Blackberry Buttermilk Sherbet

July 25th, 2008 · 2 Comments

I broke down and bought an ice cream maker earlier this week. I’d been pondering it for quite a while, keeping an eye on CraigsList and finally just bought it.  As soon as I got it home I rushed the bowl into the freezer so it would be frozen and ready for some churning once […]

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On making room and ravioli

July 18th, 2008 · 4 Comments

Now comes the time that I waffle on when to plant seeds for the fall garden. So many of our plants are still growing and producing I am loathe to pull em out before their prime. And very little of what is currently ready is preservable (mostly lettuce, fennel, green onions, etc). But I also […]

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Local Meals*

July 8th, 2008 · No Comments

We’ve been in the greens for a while now from the garden.  Last night was a late dinner, destined to be leftovers of the stew I made the day before. It was a grand Sunday of stock-making, including duck, shrimp and chicken stocks and I made a simple stew of kale, leftover chicken, carrots, celery […]

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