66 Square Feet (Plus)
One woman, 12 seasons, and an appetite for plants
Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Morse
Tuesday, May 27, 2025
Peonies, two ways
Sunday, May 25, 2025
Cassis
Friday, May 23, 2025
Seed Bread - nuttily delicious
I served my seed loaves at a picnic recently, and, as is usual with this particular bread, the recipe was requested. Now it's up on Gardenista, via my weekly column.
It can take a long time to develop a recipe, and many, many tests. This is now a regular in my baking rotation, and has been for about two years.
What's the neon topping? An intensely savory bean pâté with some raw beet microplaned in at the last minute. The bean recipe is also on Gardenista, if you're desperately curious (it doesn't have to be puréed, but can be eaten as a warm casserole or a cool salad. It's divine).
Four, but no one knows this until after it's made: This seed bread makes the best toast. Ever. For that reason alone I keep it in the freezer, pre-sliced, to toast as needed.
Saturday, May 17, 2025
Magnificat
Nkwe Pirelli. Pirelli to his friends. Puss-Puss to his intimates. Bushy-Brooks to the disrespectful. The cat formerly known as Percy. And Inky, before that.