Dirt to Table Experiences
Dirt to Table Experience: Fig and Vanilla Jam
My fig tree is loaded down with ripe figs. The feeling when I am pulling the branches down low to pull the fruit is a delightful one. I am not even cussing at the birds who steal their fair share of the fruit. The small figs are perfectly ripe and their brown skins are soft to
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Food + Drink
Last Call for Summer Peaches
A basket of fresh Summer South Carolina peaches. The purchase cannot be resisted on a roadside stand off the highway. A basket of peaches turns into cans of peaches that I can enjoy until next summer. The art of packing fruit tightly in the jar still evades me. While in my canning mode, late
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Food + Drink
Grilled Peach, Onion and Bacon Salad with Buttermilk Dressing
Discovering and enjoying seasonal food is a journey that is bound to take you someplace new. You learn that “Taste” really does matter. Summer peaches are in season. They are plentiful, ripe and fabulously juicy. A quick stop in South Carolina and my trunk was loaded with baskets of these fresh from the tree
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Dirt to Table Experiences
Dirt to Table Experience: Refrigerator Pickles, and You Name it, Veggies
The summer veggies are ripening, and there are still a few veggies left over from early spring, and I am ready to brag. My canning skills at best, are novice-not totally trustworthy. My ability to pickle lends me more a confident role in preserving my bounty. Until recently, I never thought about pickling vegetables. Growing-up
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Dirt to Table Experiences
Dirt to Table Experience: Fresh Beet Salad
Okay, don’t say “Ewww beets!” I know that beets are a love them or hate them vegetable. I have a strong opinion about those who dislike beets, but have only experienced beets from a can or a jar. You cannot officially say you don’t like beets until you have done two things: You have eaten
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Dirt to Table Experiences
Dirt to Table Experience- Southern Sweet Chow-Chow Relish
I am smiling at myself. There things you don’t imagine yourself doing. I have realized that there are many things that could not be imagined at some point in my life, that became a reality at another point. Example, shoveling manure out of a wheel barrel into a garden plot and enjoying every minute. There