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Poems (mine and others), recipes, garden tips and ?s, my particular sense of humor, & MacGyver-type solutions to common problems. That's what you'll find here--and I hope that's what I'll hear from you. I look forward to your comments, Meryl Natchez.Social Media & RSS
Tag Archives: cooking
Rainy day soup
This is a strange, rainy month here in Northern California—usually the rain stops mid-March except for a shower or two, and doesn’t start up again until October or November. But this year, it’s as if the Monsoon keeps drifting across … Continue reading
Pear Tart and Poetry
I’ve written a lot about food and cooking, and wrote this poem after making a Julia Child tart. Loaves and Fishes This weekend, while I poach the perfect pears in wine and sugar and ginger, while I bake paté brisée, … Continue reading
Cheap Eats
It occurs to me that along with a ruinous national debt, we’re leaving our children untold reams of blather that they’ll have to pick through to find any useful advice. So I’m going to post at least some practical information here. … Continue reading