Let's just get this out of the way....I have abandoned this blog for 8 months while I focused on the very thing I write about. I love that damn kitchen and my garden so once I get in either of those places, it is like nothing else matters. That includes this blog. Well, I have seen the error of my ways. I'm back and touting the glory of sugar and its partners in crime.
This time of year places me smack dab in the middle of when I can plan for the garden that will bring me ingredients to obsess over. So, I think a lot of the plants I have hidden under the snow out there in the plot. My rhubarb plant, of course, came back this summer and grew with a vengeance. I was able to make several pies including one for an old guy in northern Michigan who hadn't had this pie since he was a kid. I did my best and he approved. That damn plant is like the loaves and fishes. It just kept on giving. I even made rhubarb creme brulee. So, I have faith as most gardners do that it will keep on keeping on. If you want something rhubarb, hollar at me.
I planted strawberry plants two years ago and last year, while not overwhelmingly fruitful, were growing deep roots and spreading like the good little plants I knew they would be. They even started to sneak outside the garden fence. I do not blame them for wanting to expand their reach. I also planted raspberry and blackberry plants which did suprisingly well for their first year. I always say, "Hey there" when I pass by the snow covered garden. They look dead, but they are not. They are saving up their energy because very soon they will show themselves as perfect partners for my mad skills with sugar.
So I am quite apologetic for my absence. I just love to be around the food and there isn't a speck in this office.
