All entries for 2012
6 May 2012 by
Jean Johnson
Call it Tangled Up Focaccia the way I do in Hippie Kitchen or just say 100 percent whole wheat bread baked in cast iron skillets. Whatever the name, this is a standard in my hippie kitchen. It's healthy, thrifty, and tastes great.
More it's easy to slice off for toast.
And it's ...
Posted in Breads and Such, Measure Free News, Recipes, Thrift, Whole Grains | Add a Comment »
30 April 2012 by
Jean Johnson
Between guests at my b&b and planning to add a bathroom in our downstairs room, I've been scarce on the blog. That's why, when a new soul subscribed I was moved to zap her an email saying how much I appreciated her interest and how I hoped it would inspire ...
Posted in Health and Wellness, John Lennon, Measure Free News, Measurefree Cooking, Pie, Rock & Roll, The Cook Counts To | Add a Comment »
19 April 2012 by
Jean Johnson
Spring's the time of year when garlic wants to grow--both out in the garden, last fall's crop starting to kick in for June harvest...
and in the house--with bulbs from last year's crop starting to sprout--a sure sign that it's time to roast some garlic.
Why? Because it takes heads and heads ...
Posted in Bioethics & Sustainability, Food Thoughts, Kitchen Garden Thoughts, Playing with Your Food, Putting Up Food, Roasting Fruits and Vegetables, Seasonal, Thrift | 7 Comments »
2 February 2012 by
Jean Johnson
Squash is much maligned in SAD (Standard American Diet)--especially winter squash. It's largely reserved for pumpkin pies and acorn halves baked with yet more unimaginative SAD stuff: brown sugar and butter. Not that I don't enjoy an acorn trussed up in such decadent fashion now and then. It's just that ...
Posted in Food Thoughts, Getting on a Roll, Health and Wellness, Roasting Fruits and Vegetables, Seasonal | 2 Comments »
15 January 2012 by
Jean Johnson
Feel like a poem picture? Here are lines from Tom Robbins fleshed out with my photos.
"The beet is the most intense of vegetables.
The radish, admittedly, is more feverish, but the fire of the radish is a cold fire, the fire of discontent, not of passion.
Tomatoes are lusty enough, yet there ...
Posted in Food Thoughts, Playing with Your Food, Vegetables, Vegetarian | 1 Comment »
