by Sarah Lemon | Nov 27, 2024 | Recipes, Holidays, Fall
This year, I’m grateful for family who helps with the Thanksgiving feast. I’d already purchased canned pumpkin puree, though, when my mother-in-law said she wanted to prepare pumpkin chiffon pie. Who am I to argue? A lighter alternative to classic pumpkin is fine by...
by Sarah Lemon | Nov 19, 2024 | Recipes, Holidays, Fall, Winter
Fall in Southern Oregon brought a windfall of walnuts. Conditions this year clearly favored these hardwoods historically planted by the region’s homesteaders. But walk through most neighborhoods, and there’s a good chance you’ll encounter a walnut tree presiding over...
by Sarah Lemon | Oct 28, 2024 | Recipes, Vegetarian, Fall, Winter
Pumpkin may be autumn’s icon, but America’s favorite fall flavor arguably is butternut squash. Those little sugar pumpkins — aka pie pumpkins — certainly are cute in their corpulence. Their taste and texture, however, don’t appeal as much as their aesthetic. So food...
by Sarah Lemon | Oct 21, 2024 | Recipes, Vegetarian, Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
The time has come to baby basil. Lest they blacken once nights turned frigid, my garden’s lushest, least leggy basil are ensconced in terra cotta pots indoors. For mint, there’s no such accommodation. A persistent perennial, the herb will wait out winter in its pot by...
by Sarah Lemon | Oct 4, 2024 | Recipes, Vegetarian, Fall
I’m ordinarily not one to dig potatoes — unless I literally get to dig potatoes. Ambivalent to the average supermarket spud, I couldn’t be more passionate about potatoes homegrown in Southern Oregon. Far from the bland filler I associate with long-keeping russets,...
by Sarah Lemon | Apr 6, 2024 | Recipes, Vegetarian, Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
The pop of coriander seeds, the piquant bite of fresh ginger, the tang of lemon that never could have come from a mere tablespoon of juice. I just jarred another batch of my family’s favorite carrot kraut. The condiment that started as a savvy way to use up a surplus...
