A few flowers on the table are always pretty, but if summer heat has zapped your garden like it’s zapped mine, flowers may be in short supply. Herbs to save the day! A few sprigs of mint, thyme, and basil are as pretty on the table as anything. And who says you have to draw [Read more]
Archive for August, 2011
Crunchy Summer Rolls with Mint, Mango and Shrimp
Last week Charity and I convened to discuss serious SS business. That the conversation also happened to include idle chit chat about weekend exploits and episodes of heatstroke (no joke, it’s been excruciatingly hot here in NYC) is trifling and extraneous. With a guest over in the afternoon, I felt inclined to feed, and so whipped [Read more]
This Week in the Garden
Last week it was the peas that bloomed. This week it’s the beans. My little peach tree is getting bushier and bushier, my balloon flowers are ballooning, and I’ve got more strawberries on the way. And that’s not all! Pictures of all the fun after the jump.
Garden Reading: The Late Interiors
I have a book I think you’ll really like. It’s called (as may be obvious from the photo above) The Late Interiors, by Marjorie Sandor, and it’s a love story. About a man. But also about a home and a garden. Sandor is the director of the creative writing MFA program at Oregon State University, where [Read more]