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Da’Bomb Cookies
Some of the recipes the Farmer’s Wife makes came from a cookbook, but didn’t stay that way. You see, she tweaks them. Adds a little of this. Switches out a little of that. And in the end, she has a whole new thing. And some recipes she out-right steals. “Why that’s a very good cookie,” she might say, taking a bite. “Yes, it is,” answers her friend, her neighbor, her co-worker. “I’ve been making them just this way for years.” The Farmer’s Wife smiles her sweetest and asks, by chance, if they will give her the recipe. What follows is a bit of coughing, a dash of explaining, a ‘why-I-can-make-…
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Thanksgiving: Disaster Averted
One turkey raw another done early. What can a Farmer's Wife do? Improvise.
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Turkey, Stuffing, and Green Bean Casserole
Happy Thanksgiving from the Farm--the sun is shining, the Turkey is smoking--there's so much to be thankful for!
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The BEST Pumpkin Pie EVER
Find yourself enjoying the most pumpkin-ee-est pie you’ve ever had. Seriously. Those coffee people know what they're doing.
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Winter Hearty: Perogies
There's nothing better on a cold winter night than a hot pan of scratch-made perogies
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Nana Mulligan’s Butter Tarts
The Farmer’s Wife is a Mother. She is a Sister. She is an Aunt. She is not a Grandmother, and certainly not a Nana—although she has high hopes in being one someday. She did however have both of these at one time or another, therefore she feels comfortable discussing them at length. Today, Nana will be presented. Picture her: A small woman; maybe all of four nine and eighty pounds dripping wet. She’s there, waiting at the back door the moment you arrive to usher you in. Now, I know it’s not much of a back door. Not what it once was. At one time it had been a great…
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Farm Kitchen Goulash
Not your high school cafeteria's goulash.
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Sweet and Stuffy Peppers
The perfect game-time snack.
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Farm Kitchen Stuffed Mushrooms
Now, some recipes the Farmer’s Wife has are new. She’s seen an especially ripe vegetable or a certain stinky cheese and her mind fills with all they can become. She’ll scratch her head, try a thing or five and Waa–la! She’s got a new Thing to serve to her family and friends. But not all her recipes came about that way. Some have a bit of history attached to them. This recipe is of that sort. You see, the Farmer’s Father had one cookbook in his entire house. One. And seeing as that the Farmer’s Wife (before she became his wife) was often there and often wanting to cook a…
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Wine Country Pie (of the Concord variety)
No Autumn is complete without this grape-grape pie served with a slice of brie.
