this is the feast of the dead, the night of the ever-turning year wheel. the gates between the worlds are open this night. the footsteps of my ancestors rustle in the fallen autumn leaves. the winds carry their voices into this world. all those who wish me well are welcome within this sacred circle….life is an unending cycle of birth, death, and rebirth. those who are called to the Otherworld are never lost to us forever. for this i give them honor and love. — wiccan prayer
Continue reading about Happy Samhain/Feliz Dia de Los Muertos
Happy Samhain and Happy Halloween to all! Yesterday I made my famous butternut-squash macaroni (and I confess I have been delinquent in updating my fall recipe collection on this site as promised). I’ll be adding that recipe here later today. Times are especially tough right now and I have been trying to come up with new, creative ways of making hearty, peasant food. Not that I don’t have plenty of practice in this department, mind you. But I figured I would try to brush up and enhance my repertoire. So, yesterday I googled “poor man’s meals’ and I came across the delightful Clara of “Great Depression Cooking.” I fell in love and you will too.
94 year old cook and great grandmother, Clara, recounts her childhood during the Great Depression as she prepares meals from the era. Learn how to make simple yet delicious dishes while listening to stories from the Depression.
Below are a couple of her episodes, but in the next few days, I’ll be adding “poor man’s meals” from my own repertoire.
Check out her youtube channel for more!
Happy Samhain!
Autumn is in full swing as most of us in the Northeast woke up to cold temperatures this morning and arrived home well after early sunsets. It’s been the coldest morning of the season so far — I had to whip out the corduroys and velour sweatshirt today.
Tonight’s fall dinner is quick and simple. [...]
Continue reading about Tonight’s Fall Dinner: Mushroom Panini
I’ve been wanting to make this for quite some time, but never had the time. Though it’s not difficult to make, making risotto is not a quick-fix kind of meal. It requires plenty of attention and constant stirring, so make sure you have an hour or two set aside.
You don’t need [...]
Continue reading about Tonight’s Fall Dinner: Seeta’s Butternut Squash Risotto
Each life fulfills its proper cycle, laying aside the old and embracing the new. This is the way of the eternal chain of living. I celebrate the fullness of my life and the harvest of this year’s lessons. The year wheel turns, and the bounty comes. To the good seasons that [...]
