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Waffles for a Windy Day [Cornmeal and Buttermilk Waffles!]

Waffles for a Windy Day [Cornmeal and Buttermilk Waffles!]

  The wind today is up to 50 miles per hour. Chill factor is bad. Am I going out for my morning croissant? No. It’s a waffle day. Suzi finally relented and I got a Belgian waffle maker. The deal is this: we go out for brunch on weekends and on Monday I make...
The World’s Most Dangerous Appetizer

The World’s Most Dangerous Appetizer

A few weeks ago Suzi and I spent a day in Manchester, Vermont. We went to Hildene, the estate of one of Abraham Lincoln’s sons. There we saw the massive peony garden on the peak day of the year. We wandered the village area, enjoying a magnificent bookstore and...
Blackberry Compote from The Soda Fountain

Blackberry Compote from The Soda Fountain

Compotes were created in medieval Europe as a way to extend the life of fruit. Fruit is cooked, and stored, in a sugar syrup. In this recipe, the service life is short: two weeks in the refrigerator, three months in the freezer. But, don’t worry, it won’t last that...
Blackberry Burst Cocktail

Blackberry Burst Cocktail

Berries, how I love berries. In junior high I made summer money picking strawberries in the hills south of Portland. Those berries fields are mostly gone now, replaced by acres and acres of vineyards. The resulting wine enjoys the terroir of decades of berries that...