My grandfather would have turned 99 years old on Christmas morning. One of his greatest legacies in our family came every Christmas Eve when he made a hot, spiked batch of Tom and Jerrys for everyone. I have no idea how this drink became so iconic in our family. (It is a very popular Christmas cocktail in the US that could best described as a hot, spiked eggnog.)
I started one of the {Taste} journals from the shop this weekend. My goal is to add a lot of texture and photographs in this book of food stories over the year. Autumn’s the perfect time to start with all the new flavors and smells, don’t you think?
Thanks to the invitation of a couple friends, I knew just how to start…
Was I joking about the boost of energy and creativity in the autumn?
Nope.
We found an apple tree sagging with apples the other day. The next thing you know, Martin and I were emptying our canvas shopping bags in the car. We marched right over to that apple tree and started picking.
Autumn is creeping in around here. RVs are high tailing it out of here to go to warmer states. The bucks are loosing the fuzz on their antlers. And we’re baking apple everything.
Hello friend!
I have a new friend to introduce you to. Kelley is the former editor of the Hungry Horse News – a newspaper near Glacier National Park. She’s here to talk about eating local food, and it’s really awesome to hear her story because DANG! She lives in Montana (northern United States in the Rocky Mountains). It can snow during the 4th of July there, so there’s not exactly much of a growing season. But she’s figured out how to eat locally anyway; it’s a huge inspiration for what we can all be doing. This fall, she’ll be at Montana State University to study sustainable crop production.
That’s right. There’s another kitchen item that you don’t need.
(Now there’s a start that could lead to thousands of devices. Automated orange peeler, anyone?)
Well this time, the useless kitchen gizmo just happens to be one that I have:
I bought this hand-held juicer with a yellow handle years ago. The spoon comes with the tire house.
Part of setting up an online shop was learning a little more advanced photography work. That’s me and Professor M.
We liked our lessons to involve food.
Like popovers!
Do you eat popovers? They’re so easy and so good.
We eat them every couple of weeks with local honey and apricot jam. They don’t need any fancy gadgets to make – just a muffin tin.
I’m an American splitting life between a 480 square foot apartment in Berlin, Germany and – get this – a house made of old tires in the Rocky Mtns.
This blog chronicles the journey of Making This Home.Meet Katie.
