Poetry: Four Benot the Sixth – A Lyric on Seasons by Gemma Pink
Gold became ice A sickly crackling metamorphosis A false beauty of promise Made fierce and unable By the bite of the furnaced A mystic creature Long since escaping the realm Of comprehension Of wonder, striped chocolate On a pillow now undone Captured and bottled Surfacing eternal youth of the many Just beyond the grasp A […]
May Gardening Advice for Manchester
Editor’s note: Manchester resident, Jennifer Fairfield, owns and operates the Garden Mill in Chelsea, serves on the Manchester Community Garden Committee and volunteers with the school gardens at Klager and the MECC. by Jennifer Fairfield Do April showers really bring May flowers? Maybe it will be May showers bringing the flowers, since we really didn’t […]
Recipe: Limpa…Swedish Holiday Bread
The one traditional food I contributed to Easter dinner this year, as I do many Easters, is limpa, a Swedish sweet rye bread usually prepared for holidays. This recipe comes down through my husband’s family. My husband’s grandfather was the son of Swedish immigrants who ran a bakery in Crystal Falls in the U.P. […]
Recipe: Mediterranean Cod – Without the Mess
My dad called me up a few weeks ago to rave about a dish he’d made for himself and my mom, following to the letter a Mark Bittman recipe. What was surprising is that my mother hates fish; I love fish, but frequently skip making it to avoid its particular sort of mess. Not so, […]
April Gardening Advice for Manchester
Editor’s note: Manchester resident, Jennifer Fairfield, owns and operates the Garden Mill in Chelsea, serves on the Manchester Community Garden Committee and volunteers with the school gardens at Klager and the MECC. by Jennifer Fairfield Even though we really can’t get any planting or dividing done yet because the ground is either still frozen or too soggy, […]
Recipe: Braised Beet Greens and Blue Cheese
If you are a fan of flavors, this dish is for you! You need, the greens off of a bunch of beets, washed with large stems removed 3 cloves of garlic, chopped finely 1/4 cup of dried cherries, cranberries or raisins balsamic vinegar, hot pepper flakes and blue cheese (goat cheese or feta are also […]
Recipe: Make Your Own Healthy Pop….Kombucha!
Most of us know that pop is bad for us… regular, diet… it doesn’t matter. So what do you do if you are addicted to sweet, caffeinated, carbonated drinks? Well, try kombucha! Don’t feel like paying $4 a bottle at Whole Foods? Make your own! Kombucha, is a fermented tea originating in China, making its […]
Recipe: Making Sushi at Home
Thursday was my son’s 8th birthday. My son is a sushi fiend. If the choice is between sushi and dessert, he chooses sushi. If the choice is between sushi and a toy, he chooses sushi. Needless to say, what he asked for his birthday was a big plate of sushi. My whole family loves sushi […]
March Gardening Advice for Manchester
Editor’s note: Manchester resident, Jennifer Fairfield, owns and operates the Garden Mill in Chelsea, serves on the Manchester Community Garden Committee and volunteers with the school gardens at Klager and the MECC. __________________________________________ by Jennifer Fairfield So what can we do in the garden this month? Well, there probably won’t be too much we can do outside […]
