(Via washingtonpost.com - A Cook's Garden by Barbara Damrosch)

Posted by admin to All, It, Pot, The, Throw, Undecided?, in on 2007-09-12, 20:00:00

In summer, so many vegetables beckon from the garden it's hard to choose. So I make soupe au pistou. Every country has its multiple-vegetable soup. In Italy you'd make minestrone. What makes this Provencal one a treat is the last-minute addition of basil, garlic and olive oil, pounded into a paste in a mortar. The pounding implement, the pestle, is what gives pistou its name.

(Via washingtonpost.com - A Cook's Garden by Barbara Damrosch)

Posted by admin to All, Great, Hail, Pumpkin, The on 2006-10-25, 20:00:00

A big red pumpkin sits on my kitchen counter, the color of the sun when it is just about to set. It lights up the whole room. About 15 inches across, with a flattened shape, its name is Rouge Vif d'Etampes, a French heirloom introduced by Burpee in 1883. I will be enjoying it long after Halloween, but right now it is part of the celebration.