I thought it was the holiday season, meaning Christmas and New Year’s. Well, it turns out, in northern California, there’s a third season: Crab Season. Beginning mid-November the crabs are ready to be harvested. If you’ve eaten crab anywhere along the Pacific coast (including Alaska) then you’ve probably eaten Dungeness crab. They’re the most common [...]
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Hi! My name is Margot. My blog is about the things I love to do. That could be what I'm reading, places we visit, my family, food, or whatever else is happening. I hope you'll stay and visit a while.
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This coming Thursday, in the United States, will be one whole day when most people will stop working. The schools and most businesses will be closed. College kids come home and various relatives travel many miles. Families will gather in one designated place, around one designated family table. It’s a tradition going back hundreds of [...] It all started with a couple of bushels of local golden delicious apples. They were given to my new daughter-in-law, Genevieve. She took about half of them and made sugar-free applesauce in her slow cooker. Genevieve in turn brought me some of that applesauce. It is so good that I wanted to make something memorable [...] I am not bragging. It’s shocking to my midwestern soul. It’s November and I just took this picture a few days ago. Those tomatoes are still blooming and producing here in northern California. You may recall that after reading TomatoLand by Barry Estabrook (my review is HERE), I vowed that I would not eat another [...] Today is the day of the Dewey’s 24 Hour Read-A-Thon. It’s one of my favorite blogging events. Food is an important part of the event for me. After all this time, I have a food strategy to help me make it through. I especially like crunchy snacks like popcorn, pretzels, and carrot and celery sticks. [...] |
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