Green Bean Mini Quiches

When I got asked to bring a dish to a party this weekend, I knew I had to find some way to use both the eggs and the green beans that have been crowding our refrigerator. Thus was born the green bean quiche! The green beans are shredded in the food processor so that they…

Is the Next Step Drinking Everything through a Straw?

Yesterday, I was cutting up a watermelon from the garden–a cute little 6-lb. Sugar Baby–when I thought to myself, My daughter is going to complain about the fact that it has seeds. “Yes, darling,” I began the reply in my head, “once upon a time all watermelons had seeds, and everyone knew how to spit them…

The Cost of Canning

After a sweaty afternoon spent laboring over pots of boiling water and green beans, I can’t help but ask myself: is it worth it? Is it worth a couple of hours on my feet–fingertips turning to prunes as they’re plunged repeatedly into the rinsing water–to turn 6 1/2 pounds of fresh beans into 5 quarts of canned ones? I…