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a life in the making

Author: Keri

  • Pomegranate Pluckin’

    Pomegranate Pluckin’

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    I love pomegranates. I mean, I really, really love them.  A good pomegranate is tough to find until about Thanksgiving, and I can see they’re already starting to lose their vigor and it’s only early January. They are the thing that push me to enjoy the darkest days of Autumn, right into Winter. I was…

  • Hot Pepper Sauce

    Hot Pepper Sauce

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    Whenever Justin or I go grocery shopping, we always hit the “reduced produce” aisle. The best thing about the reduced produce aisle is that much of the stuff just looks bad, but isn’t. At least not yet. Tonight, they had a bunch of hot peppers that were all wrinkled and turning red (the best kind!).…

  • Ginger Bug’s A-Brewin

    Ginger Bug’s A-Brewin

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    This last six months or so, I’ve been kind of fascinated and obsessed with fermented things. It started with sourdough many years ago. It moved firmly into kefir  & sauerkraut  this fall and now into mildly alcoholic brews, namely ginger ale. Justin & I gave up commercial soda in August, but occasionally we crave a sweet…

  • Overwintering Peppers

    Overwintering Peppers

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    Last year, I had amazing luck with starting about two dozen pepper plants from seed. It was the first year I was ever truly successful in not only starting them from seed, but keeping them alive long enough to produce fruit in our short-for-capsicum New England summers. All of my plants bore fruit, specifically the…

  • Spicy Pepper Aebleskiver

    Spicy Pepper Aebleskiver

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    Last summer Keri and I found a cast iron Aebleskiver pan at our local Salvation Army thrift store to add to our growing collection of cast iron. We bought it not fully understanding the purpose of such an oddly shaped pan. It turns out these pans, also called a Monk’s Pan, are used to make…

  • Savory Crêpes

    Savory Crêpes

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    Day Two International pancake week is officially underway. Tonight we decided we would have savory crêpes for dinner with a variety of fillings: home made ricotta  |  peccorino cheese  |  asiago cheese  |  gruyere cheese  |  scallions black olives   |   wild salmon   |   fresh spinach   |   sauteed mushrooms, garlic &…

  • Christmas Dinner Menu

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    I’ll update with images as dinner comes along. Appetizer Roasted Chestnuts Sliced Apples and Narragansett Creamery Aged White Cheese Stuffed Mushrooms Main Course Spinach Salad with Almonds & Cranberries + homemade vinegarette Butternut Squash Bisque Twice Baked New Potatoes (sans bacon) Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes (savory) Sides French Rolls srsly, really freaking good rolls. Cranberry…

  • Gammon Commission Update

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    So I was working out some more ideas for the Gammons and I’ve come up with a couple other topics / ideas that I’d like to explore, either in this piece or in future pieces. First, I think I’ve settled on a “satin stitch” for the assemblage. I may mix this up a little once…

  • The Gammon Commission, Phase One

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    Well, today I started working out the drudgery of cutting leather swatches for the piece the Gammons commissioned me to do before we left Monterey. I’m actually very excited about it because it’s all process and even though I don’t like cutting the insane amount of leather I have to cut, I think the end…