We had our first 'Short Market' today. The weather was horrible! It was in the low 40's this morning, cold, wet and gray. Well, I guess it could have been worse... sigh !! Could have been further north.

LG Smartphone photo The last shot of the Pheasant in Mushroom Wine Sauce before it left the building. Fly high!

I've got a catering client who's a hunter...pheasants in particular. Once a year, he hosts a Pheasant Feast for him and his hunting buddies. He'll bring the processed, cleaned up birds in their frozen

LG smartphone image Lemon New York Cheesecake...meet Sweet Meringue. Sweet Meringue, you look lovely on the cheesecake!

I've missed you, my Steemian friends, while I was out working! It's been a week full of cookery, planning and planting and gardening for me, here at The Garden Gate! And, that's a good thing...it helps

Today was a day of scrambled motions, here, at The Garden Gate! Brain motions...I'm trying to get everything, and all the miniscule details, together on our Farm Stand venture. I'm getting ready to launch

A Patty Melt is an American sandwich favorite, from decades ago! It started in the diner industry, as a presentation to hamburgers. And, it's delicious, whether you keep it to the bare basics (bread, grilled)

Today is a double duty day for me, here at The Garden Gate. I've spent the morning working on our CSA plans. And working on the plants. I mentioned in a previous post, that we're going a different route,

King's Hawaiian Rolls are uniquely sweet, yet savory, soft pillows of yeast bread. They're extremely light in texture. Once you taste them, you'll be hooked! This was my first attempt at knocking off a

picture credit @snooks This cool little contest was started by @snowpea. I was nominated by @smylie2005. You can check out her post here... Ya know...this was harder than you might think! I was waaay over

Saturday was a super busy cooking day for me. I'd found a small brisket of beef when I went to Walmart, just large enough to do a two way recipe day! I love beef brisket! It's one of those long cooking,

This is the Jewish Rye Bread recipe that goes so well with the Lentil Soup recipe that I shared with you the other day. Like most breads, this one is simple in ingredients, it just takes some time. This

shot taken with LG smartphone Home made Jewish Rye Bread, hot out of the oven! Boy, it smells good in here!

Lentil Soup is one of those soups from my past; it brings bittersweet memories of growing up in Lancaster, PA. Mommy would make this soup after we'd had the blessing of enjoying a ham dinner, using the

partselect.com We're moving the Homestead towards the point where we will be offering a CSA type of purchase program in the near future. I say CSA type, because it probably won't be operable as would a

Foodie Musings...If a fruit is defined by it's being a container for its own seeds, is a strawberry a fruit, at all??? Can any Berry even be a real Fruit? Are Berries just Berries...or are Berries reeeally

I did a small spread for my clients for St. Patrick's Day, featuring the usual suspect, Corned Beef. It was accompanied by Irish Cheddar Mashed Potatoes and Steamed Carrots. For our bread interest, I sent

Photo taken with my LG Smartphone Saint Patrick's Day Spread for the clients today. Classic Corned Beef with Steamed Herb Carrots and Irish Cheddar Mashed Potatoes, Irish Soda Bread Muffins...and Various

I finally got a new Crockpot! My old one was a secondhand gift from someone's Dirty Santa Christmas gift exchange many years ago! The new one's small, just a four quart, but there are only three of us.

Shot on LG Smartphone Energizing up for a morning of Blogging, to be followed by an afternoon of planting! Steem Up, Steem On!