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If your basil looks anything like the picture below then you might not have been aggressive enough with your scissors this summer. Not that I’m casting blame. Every plant in my front garden has grown tall and lanky despite my best efforts.   I think local weather this season was conducive to bolting.
While [...]

Standing in my garage next to an old gas grill and a stand alone propane burner I told my friend that I was ready to conduct a follow up test run.  Frank was taken back, noting my burgers were already better than most.
“They were fine” as they were.
“Fine?”
I was comparing myself to the great restaurant [...]

Rotisserie birds are made for this shit.  I like to plunge my fingers into tender juicy meat.  Pull flesh from bone.  When it’s hot it leaves my fingers pink.  Nothing fancy or refined about this.  Balance salty, sweet, and crunch, and a breath of spice.
Acid.
Some broiled veg.
Some lovely bread.
It’s chicken salad.
A nice meal.
Favorite Chicken Salad
Ingredients:
1/2 [...]

The rain in the North East this Spring has been relentless.  My yard is loving it, my basil is loving it, and so are other plants that dig the moist.   But I’m beginning to wonder about my favorites that prefer a drier climate.  How much more of this can my rosemary take and how [...]