First Nectarine
For at least six years I’ve had a dwarf nectarine in the front garden. Every year it is covered in flowers that the bees love, like this. And every year when the little green...
Author: Chris Garrity
Strawberry (rhubarb) Shortcake Day
Mike discovered that today is National Strawberry Shortcake Day, so obviously I had to make strawberry shortcakes today. We also had some rhubarb sauce I’d made earlier in the week with rhubarb from Wilson’s....
Cars & Coffee at the Larz
One of our first outings last year with the Westfield was a cars and coffee at the Larz Anderson museum. Today the car has more than 1000 miles on it, and we finally made...
More from Thompson
I didn’t have my camera with me yesterday. So I decided to see what I could do on my phone. I did manage to get a couple of videos. Here’s the start of the...
Scratch Turns 10
Last weekend I got to spend Saturday with over 300 people enjoying Scratch Day at MIT. We have this event every year, but this year we are celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Scratch launch....
Molasses Ginger Cookies
Last weekend we had the annual neighborhood holiday cookie swap. As usual I was trying to decide what kind of cookies to make, and for so reason molasses cookies really appealed to me. This...
Cars of the Mojave
After we dropped Peter at college last weekend, we’ve been hiking in and around Joshua Tree. We’ve been a bit surprised by the number of fine, classic cars in the area. Here are some...
Pastry (and Blueberry Peach Pie)
Tom has been saying for a while that he wanted a reminder of how to make pastry for pies. Summer is not the best time to make pastry, especially when it’s hot and muggy....
20th Annual Gould’s Microcar Classic
This past weekend was really busy because we were at the Gould’s microcar event. It was the first time we’ve made it to the whole weekend, but it was the 20th time they’ve held...
Pot Roast Goulash
This is inspired by the Goulash recipe from the Loaf & Ladle Cookbook. It has been my goto goulash recipe for many, many years. Today I wanted something that would work in the slow-cooker,...
