by Miriam Rubin | Apr 14, 2013 | Miriam's Garden
A few days back, I started my tomatoes and basil. It’s early for me, others would consider it late. But often I don’t start them until May. I’m trying to get a jump on things this year. So I was outside, filling pots with soil and pressing in tiny...
by Miriam Rubin | Mar 18, 2013 | Miriam's Garden
What’s new about cabbage? Not too much, or is there? That’s what I thought as I shredded half a head to make coleslaw to accompany our St. Paddy’s Day dinner of boiled corned beef, carrots and potatoes. Usually for slaw I make an oil-and-vinegar...
by Miriam Rubin | Mar 14, 2013 | Miriam's Garden
Aren’t the crocus cold? Yesterday we had all the weather possible, except spring and of course, summer. It snowed, it showered, it iced and it pebbled styrofoam-type stuff. The wind blew hard at times and for only a very few minutes the sun shone. When...
by Miriam Rubin | Feb 26, 2013 | Miriam's Garden
I have to wait a few more weeks before I can start my tomato plants, but tomatoes are always on my mind. Here is just a little tomato taste from my new book, Tomatoes: A Savor The South tm Cookbook. It’s coming out March 4, which a wise person reminded me is a...
by Miriam Rubin | Feb 26, 2013 | Miriam's Garden
I heard a great panel discussion on Disgusting Food at the recent Roger Smith Cookbook Conference in NYC. Read the story here, published in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Forks Blog: Creepy Snacks I...
