Author: Chris Garrity
Braised Beef Shanks with Root Vegetables
The February issue of Better Homes & Gardens came, and it included several great looking recipes for cooking meat on the bone. It included this recipe for Beef Shanks with Mushrooms and Olives. It...
Snowy January
Last year we didn’t have much snow. This year we’ve had lots of the white fluffy stuff. I don’t think the snow bank beside the driveway is over my head yet, but it’s VERY...
Shrimp Scampi
One of the nice things about belonging to a Community Supported Fishery (CSF) is getting exposed to things you would never try on your own. I’ve never been a big shrimp person, but when...
2010: Year in Review
It’s been another great year at the Garritys. Tom is a junior in high school and Peter is in 8th grade, his final year of middle school. Peter has really shot up this year...
Mr. Biggins
Recently my mother shipped some things here that had been in storage in Oregon. In amongst the china and pictures was this coffee pot. I do remember my parents using this coffee pot when...
Carcassonne
Yesterday we visited Carcassonne. It was interesting to see the real city as we’ve been playing the game Carcassonne for years. Early parts of the castle are Roman, but came to look like the...
