August, the eighth month; a time when there is no longer any denying that what stands just on the other side of these long, hot days is autumn. The year is two-thirds over. And, I loathe to admit, in many locales so is the growing season. Last week the ripening of my tomatoes came on in earnest. Just in time, as a sick and demented cosmic plot twist would have it, for me to leave town for 5 days. While it’s a time, as I mentioned in both On Inheritance and Cooking Up... → Read the rest of this article
Diana Prichard
Diana Prichard is a homegrown and artisan food junkie; owner-operator of the small farm
Olive Hill; and freelance writer living in rural Michigan. You can find more on her work and life at
dianaprichard.com.
It’s no secret that I have an obscene love of food. What most people don’t know however, is how much that love extends to the utensils and dishes with which food is prepared, served and enjoyed. I would wager, in fact, even my own family is in the dark as to how deep my fondness for all things food-service related runs.
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Diana Prichard
Diana Prichard is a homegrown and artisan food junkie; owner-operator of the small farm
Olive Hill; and freelance writer living in rural Michigan. You can find more on her work and life at
dianaprichard.com.
We interrupt this program to bring you the customary May Edition of ‘What’s In Season Now’. Many of the recommendations made in both the March and April editions are still applicable; if you missed it before, be sure to check those out now!
Last night I baked a Strawberry-Rhubarb Pie. It was delicious both in that it tasted like heaven and that it’s a sure sign, even here in the land of never-ending winters, the season of fresh harvested bounty... → Read the rest of this article
Diana Prichard
Diana Prichard is a homegrown and artisan food junkie; owner-operator of the small farm
Olive Hill; and freelance writer living in rural Michigan. You can find more on her work and life at
dianaprichard.com.
A couple of weeks ago I planted a bed of peas. It was pushing the season, to say the least, but I did it anyway. And less than 48 hours later I awoke to a house without power and a yard and garden covered in no less than two inches of slush and snow and ice. Mostly ice. It’s a good thing peas don’t mind a freeze or ten.
Mother Nature is a finicky lass and though April first seems to be the unofficial start to spring in this part of the world there’s no... → Read the rest of this article
Diana Prichard
Diana Prichard is a homegrown and artisan food junkie; owner-operator of the small farm
Olive Hill; and freelance writer living in rural Michigan. You can find more on her work and life at
dianaprichard.com.
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It probably comes as no surprise that I tend to follow the work of Michael Pollan. One of his most recent articles in the New York Times, Out of the Kitchen, Onto the Couch, is no exception. I ran across it shortly after it was published and can admit it took me a few days to get through its eight rather comprehensive pages.
However, while I pride myself on being a... → Read the rest of this article
Diana Prichard
Diana Prichard is a homegrown and artisan food junkie; owner-operator of the small farm
Olive Hill; and freelance writer living in rural Michigan. You can find more on her work and life at
dianaprichard.com.
