Orange! Pumpkins!

It's that time of year again! The pressure cooker is steaming away. The house smells earthy and productive.

Heirloom variety pumpkin ready for the pot!

Blood Orange juice!

Blood oranges! Sensory overload: sight, taste and smell! New guest blog post about this marvelous winter gift.

7 Quarts of Shockingly Beautiful Blood Orange Juice!

Pressure cooker

On pressure cooking, plus a re-post of a lentil soup recipe: guest blog post on The Urban Homestead Journal.

Tromboncino squash

Note: the magnificent squashes shown in this guest post were not grown by me. Maybe, someday!

Organizing the kitchen (Part 1)

Another guest post--the organization of frequently used kitchen utensils--on The Urban Homestead Journal.

If life gives you a box of grapefruit...

get out your juicer (like the one your mother used when you were growing up in Zambia and which you happily happened to find in a favorite thrift shop some years ago)

and squeeze seven and half quarts of fresh grapefruit juice!

The leftovers: