moving car photography

        uh oh, the car seemed to be magically steering itself towards these…

pickled radishes

Since I’m still working my way through my radish stash I experimented pickling them sliced and whole, using my standard pickling method.  I know its exciting times in the “wee house”, and you’re just white knuckling it with anticipation…. The results… this time I tried the whole radishes with rice wine vinegar instead of apple […]

recycle recycle recycle…

These photographs of albatross chicks were made just a few weeks ago on Midway Atoll, a tiny stretch of sand and coral near the middle of the North Pacific. The nesting babies are fed bellies-full of plastic by their parents, who soar out over the vast polluted ocean collecting what looks to them like food […]

shoveling shrimp

Yesiree Bob, and you will too, once you make this… Shrimp Scampi (adapted from here) 1 1/2 pds large shrimp peel and deveined 1 stick butter (8 tbsp), softened zest and juice 1 lemon 1 tsp crushed red pepper flakes 1/2 tsp salt and pepper 2 sprigs thyme (strip the leaves off one and keep […]

the hills are alive!

Holy Crap! look what was in the local paper last week…. what I would give to see a real live bear! okay this one’s dead, but a real live one… and this happened spittin distance from the “wee house” and then get a load of this… come to think of it, we have heard some […]

slow roasted goodness

Part of our farm stand bounty and something I have been waiting to do, when it’s cold outside and the oven can be on for hours on end without you breaking a sweat.  I can shovel these in all day long, on salads, in sandwiches, in sauces, on pasta… trust me there are plenty of […]

to freeze or not to freeze

Say hello to my little friend…(and if you could read this in Al Pacino’s Scarface voice it would be even better) not sure what you’re looking at? well it’s the white box, under the snowboard bags.  My 3.5 cubic foot friend of freezing goodness, that Mr Weiss and I picked up from the good ole […]

radish slaw

See I told you I would do something with all of these…. well it’s a start. Radish Slaw 1/4 small head green cabbage thinly julienned 1/2 red onion thinly sliced 12 radishes cut into matchsticks dressing (whisk everything together) 1/4 c buttermilk 1 tbsp mayo 2 tbsp yogurt 1 tsp celery salt and pepper. Combine […]

news flash

That’s right people listen up I have an important announcement to make, which apart from the usual drivel that comes out of my mouth, doesn’t happen too often, so PAY ATTENTION. I have started a second blog.  Yip that’s right a second blog and I will be insisting you check it out.  Oh gone on, […]

a busy bee weekend!

Phewwww…. where to start?  I’m not sure what you amused yourself doing this weekend, but mine was ACTION PACKED!  Not of the sky diving, Himalayan trekking, deep sea exploration type action, but of the quintessential Catskills weekend… Took a drive… corn carnage and fall foliage farm stand bounty, one of us could barely contain his […]