Posts By: Cathy Barrow

Lemons, Pickles and Ducks

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A recipe in pictures or pictures with a couple of recipes. Limoncello and Lemon Curd. Click here Flickr for the details. And here’s a quick recipe for pickled peppers, with a nod to Michael Ruhlman’s Ratio. When you’re at the farmer’s market, grab a container of super fresh pretty peppers.Find a jar that will fit… Read more »

Sauerkraut – Because Its Time Has Come

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This is a quickie post, while I spend time working on the next one. It’s time to get your kraut fermenting, folks! If Oktoberfest is calling your name. If you like to enjoy wintery stews, sausages, charcroute. And especially if you’re from Baltimore, and Thanksgiving meant sauerkraut on the table, hon, get chopping! And for… Read more »

What’s for Breakfast

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Every week I make granola for Dennis. I like granola, too, but only in small doses. I sprinkle it on yogurt or grab a handful as I run out the door for a quick pick-me-up. Dennis eats granola happily for breakfast, and often after dinner, as dessert. Me? For breakfast I want toast; for dessert… Read more »

CanORama II

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Last week, my friend, Eris, came by to make a batch of salsa – the last batch of the season. Eris and her husband, John, and brother in law, Jeff, run Norman’s Farm Market, fantastic farmstands around the Washington, DC area. Their Market has been my source for a good bit of the locally grown… Read more »

New Beginnings

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Today the website for Wooden Spoon Classes launched. It’s very exciting. Click here to check it all out. I’m very pleased with the whole thing and thank Liz from Design291 for all her hard work. It’s a new direction for Mrs. Wheelbarrow, and appropriately enough, just recently, we celebrated the Jewish New Year. In honor… Read more »