Wahhhhhh! Tell me all the things I wanna hear, 'cause that's true, that's what I like about ramps, yeah. Ok, enough riffing with the Romantics. Ramps. What I truly like about them is their earthy flavor, bordering on the taste of woodland humus, their mild sting, and the delicate fruit undertones in the stem and leaves. That's what I like […]
It could only have been genius that struck when someone, probably the landlord's swift and conscientious workers, realized they could eliminate the weeds with an herbicide spray. The only negatives could be the fact that a) it drifted onto my perennials and curled their leaves and b) didn't fully work because it rained afterward. Their greatest s […]
I've been relishing spring green and salmon, some of the best I can recall, at highway speeds for a couple of weeks now. First on my trip to the upstate garlic farm, and this week on my trip out to Amagansett to check out a possible location for next year's crop. I cannot recall ever winding my way through the Long Island Pine Barrens in early spr […]