November, 2013 I can still remember the first attempts to grow food on my recently purchased Costa Rican farm. It was early in 1996. With great expectations I placed a few young tomato seedlings in the soil and waited. And I waited. Weeks went by and […]
Read more →September, 2013 I’ve been away from Costa Rica, away from my garden, my kitchen and the farmer’s market. Jan and I were in New Mexico for three weeks where she was presenting watercolor workshops. I was excited to visit Jan’s former home state and try the foods […]
Read more →In my last article I told you I was going to be changing my diet and reporting on how I was feeling physically and emotionally. I said, “I’ll start slowly reducing animal products, coffee and alcohol. I’ll eat more of the wonderful fruits and vegetables that grow […]
Read more →If you’ve read my earlier articles you know I love cooking. I especially enjoy the alchemy – inventing sauces, dips, dressings, jams and chutneys. Nothing pleases me more than a rich creamy sauce poured over pork tenderloin or a spicy coconut curry with rice and chicken and […]
Read more →When I purchased this 12 acre farm almost two decades ago it came with a coffee plantation. As is often the case in Costa Rica it also had a few banana plants scattered throughout the plantation. These ubiquitous bananas are not used much. Some are fed to […]
Read more →Dinner Saga Continued Some of you have said that it was unfair to leave you hanging with hungry dinner guests, an unprepared meal and two glasses of wine under your belt. So, let me pick it up from where we were in the last article. You have […]
Read more →Dinner Disaster? Dinner guests are arriving in 20 minutes and you are just getting out of the shower. Not only have you not prepared the dinner, you’re not even quite sure what you are going to serve. The day has been a complete disaster and you are […]
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