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A Church Pew Vision and Curry Colored Scrambled Eggs
Spring at the Red House means we are are dealing with a very large tree that toppled over during the winter and we’re not quite sure how to get rid of it since we have two (yes, two!) chainsaws that … Continue reading
Posted in Breakfast, cooking, Eggs, Flowers, Furniture, Gardening, Garlic, Grilling, kitchen, Meat, Vegetables
Tagged Canadian border, church pews, farmer eggs, grilling steak, stube
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The Red House Renovation: Taking Too Long?
According to a letter we received this past weekend from our FORMER insurance carrier Otsego Mutual Fire Insurance, our homeowners policy is being canceled “due to non-owner occupied.” We also “no longer qualify for homeowners coverage due to ongoing renovations … Continue reading
Posted in Construction, Renovation, The Property
Tagged door knobs, insurance company cancellation, renovations
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The Tailor & The Cook Revisited: Followed By Season 3 With No Kitchen
I rarely do follow-up reviews of restaurants, usually I’m a one review girl and then move on. (Julia’s Kitchen, a restaurant I absolutely loved in Napa before it closed, is the one exception to this rule.) I have also never … Continue reading
Posted in Cheese, chicken, cooking, Dessert, Fish, Renovation, Vegetables
Tagged cooking, dining in, eating out, fish, new kitchen, renovation, restaurants in central new york, shrimp
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The Year in Food
Sometimes it’s really easy writing this blog, because although it wasn’t meant to be indicative of our times (all pictures, no words), sometimes describing the food I’m growing, cooking and then eating is just easier when there’s a photograph. So, … Continue reading
Posted in Breakfast, Cheese, cooking, Dessert, Eggs, Fish, food, kitchen, Meat, Pasta
Tagged cooking with no kitchen, crepes, favorite foods, fish, french toast, vegetables
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A Green January (Mostly) And Frozen Pipes!
Driving up to the Red House for a long three-day weekend we were pleasantly surprised that 1) there was no snow which meant 2) we wouldn’t have to shovel to get into the house at 10:30 at night. While I’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Breakfast, Eggs, Frozen Pipes, Gardening, Renovation, The Property
Tagged frozen pipes, linoleum, pancackes, pancakes, shoveling, snow, wood floors
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More Garlic And A Field Gone Wild With A Few Movie Memories Thrown In
When the leaves turn red, yellow and orange in this neck of the woods, they truly are spectacular. Which is why I now understand, why “going to see the leaves” can and will command top dollar if you want to … Continue reading
The Fall Clean-Up: Surprise Finds
It’s a vicious cycle trying to grow vegetables for it seems as soon as the last bean/tomato/garlic is harvested, you have to start preparing the soil to plant something that will appear in the spring. While we managed to pull … Continue reading
Posted in Flowers, Gardening, Garlic, The Property, Vegetables
Tagged baby carrots, fall clean-up, finding potatoes, garden clean-up, pruning, raking
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The End of Summer: Finally A Ball Game
Both of my parents are writers. In the 1980’s, my mom had an article published in the Times, about me moving to Brooklyn. I decided I needed to counter her version, wrote an article, and the Times published my story, … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Sports, visitors
Tagged ball game, cheap beer, dairy queens, end of summer, free milk, local flavor, young baseball players
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My Daughter and the Garlic Project
It’s been a difficult summer. Therefore, I’ve decided to write only one story to try and sum up everything. It has nothing to do with the house or the renovation but about my relationship with my daughter vis a vis … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, Garlic, Teenagers, The Property
Tagged college, gardening, garlic, growing garlic, high school, teenagers
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Fried Green Tomatoes: The Garden So Far
It’s been very very hot up at the Red House and even with the complicated sprinkler system Lynn has set up, some things are being watered, others are not. (Half the garden is on a timer, half is not, half … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, Vegetables
Tagged dry garden, fried green tomatoes, gardening, sunflowers, zucchini flowers
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