Tuesday, May 25, 2010

From the Garden

Will you join me in another part of Seven Oaks - my new blog, Recipes from the Garden?

I'm in the midst of readying two books for publication to kick off a new series.  I've also started a new blog called Recipes from the Garden. I'd love it if you can join us over there and follow that blog too! You're invited...pull up a chair at the table and sit a while.  I'll be sharing seasonal recipes so you can fix all the wonderful vegetables, herbs and fruit growing in the garden into tasty meals.  And I'll provide basic cooking tips for some vegetables that perplex newcomers to the kitchen.

You know that I grew up a city kid...a  New York City kid to be exact. There's an old joke which I will paraphrase: What is the purpose of the oven in a New York City kitchen? Answer: to store the take out menus. 

I never learned to cook as a child and taught myself from issues of Cooking Light after my marriage. Because I worked until late in the evening, my husband got dinner on the table for his parents and saved me dinner. It wasn't until we moved to Virginia and this quiet, rural life that I've been able to indulge my love of cooking, baking and food preparation, experimenting with all sorts of recipes.  You've read about my trials and tribulations of learning how to can food last year and the disaster with the persimmon jelly.  Won't it be fun, though, to explore cooking from the garden together?

Do join me over on Recipes from the Garden!

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