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Pickled Field Peas

August 5, 2012 by The Runaway Spoon 8 Comments

Field peas are one of my favorite things about summer.  I freeze them in little baggies to pull out at the height of the winter blahs to remind me of the warmer months.  I always seem to remember them as warmer months, not miserable, stifling hot and humid. On Saturdays, when I am cooking and putting by my farmers market purchases, I put them on to cook with some piece of pork, … [Read more...] about Pickled Field Peas

Summer Bounty and a Recipe for Dilly Beans

July 20, 2011 by The Runaway Spoon 6 Comments

Summer food for me is all about bounty.  There is so much fresh, healthy food available, I worry about how I can enjoy as much as possible more than the idea that I might not have access to it at all.  I cook fresh meals for myself, and spend a lot of time putting things up for winter, like these simple Dilly Beans.  Not because I have to, but because I want to.  Sometimes I … [Read more...] about Summer Bounty and a Recipe for Dilly Beans

My Prairie Housewife Days

August 24, 2009 by The Runaway Spoon 1 Comment

  My father calls my house a kitchen with a bedroom.  He’s basically right.  I spent over six months renovating to have the big kitchen of my dreams.  I even planted a small garden, though I have a black thumb and a streak of laziness.  I recall that first summer in my new kitchen as my “prairie house wife days.” Oddly, I had this idea in my head that I was someone who … [Read more...] about My Prairie Housewife Days

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I'm P.C. I think I am like most people. Somewhere in the middle between food snob and food schlub. Just being in the kitchen makes me happy. I live, mostly in my kitchen, in my hometown of Memphis, Tennessee.

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