Bull’s Blood Beets

I planted several varieties of beets in my garden including, "Golden, Early Wonder, Flat of Egypt and Chioggio." They range from the lovely pale anemic beet, "Albino", to the "Bull's Blood" beet…

On the Boulevard: My Front Chard

One of the most beautiful, healthy and delicious parts of my garden is my "front chard". It grows  between the sidewalk and the road on a patch about  140 square feet ,which…

Summer Squash: Sunshine

In the third quarter of July, I noticed a little empty space in the garden leading to the house. It was a stubborn piece of earth. In that spot, I had tried…

Too many tomatoes? Let’s play ketchup

The rays of the late afternoon sun are lengthening and what seemed impossible two months earlier is now a reality; there are too many tomatoes to eat and too little…

Clockwork orange

orange in the garden,caro rich tomatoes,carrots,orange stemmed chard,nasturtiums and marigolds  Like clockwork, a year to the day, since our last year's tomato tasting, Corey Mintz shows up at my door…

A toast to the tomato: tomato tasting, part 3

This is the recipe I created after last year's tomato tasting . I used cinnamon bread because the taste of cinnamon and basil are reminiscent of each other. Cinnamon French Toast topped with…

Tomato tasting: Part 4; Goddess Salad

Ariel and Rachel have been  friends since they met at Frosh week at university. The two would sit at my kitchen island as I fed them delicacies that I had just cooked. Rachel…