Food & Wine. Art & Food History at Abi's Farmhouse Kitchen
I likely won’t win any parenting awards for this post but Anni has been wonderfully helpful making fruit liqueurs with me. You may remember that during a gorgeous moment on horseback last month, I pretended I was 21 again flying down the field wielding a mallet. Alas, despite my love of Jillian Michael’s workout videos, […]
We have an assh*le in our midst. Pigweed. Pigweed. Pigweed. This evil weed has officially invaded each and every one of our garden boxes. Last year we fought it valiantly but lost much of our later crops as this invasive brute marched on. After several trips to the Sonoma Mission Nursery to consult with minds […]
Do you have wilting lettuce and greens in your fridge? Sure you do. We ALL do. I don’t a single hard working home-cook who always gets to the entire content of our vegetable drawers. And THIS is a great way to use them all up. So this is my go-to kitchen sink recipe that I […]
Baby leaves are sprouting. Mustard flowers blooming. Afternoons are warm and sunny. Spring is here! BUT it is still cold in the mornings (40s being cold here in California) and once the sun dips below the horizon, I still like to have something warm on the stove. Or in this case, the Oven. This is […]
I have a secret. I like Champagne. On Tuesday mornings. Not every Tuesday mind you. But every so often, after I drop Anni off at school, baby boy and I have some quiet time together. By 9 o’clock, we share a chair at Sunflower Cafe. His warm pudgy legs slung over mine. I order Trane […]
Abi’s Farmhouse Gallery: ANNE ZIEMIENSKI Each artist finds his or her own path. Some go to art school. Some apprentice. Some lock themselves away to toil relentlessly in obscurity. Others come to Art later in life after success frees them to explore passionate hobbies. But few, if any, can claim a first life as Belly […]
I sat next to this awesome French guy last week. As we ate my Roasted Chicken with Lemons and Winter Root Vegetables, I took note of a spot of cheese standing solo on the edge of his plate. Now I bought that fancy cheese because he and his prominent food family and friends were coming […]
Few things bring me back to my grandmother’s table than eggs and toast. Mima wore her 1970s vibrantly swirly, totally rayon, neck-to-floor dressing gowns to make breakfast. She called them “Eggs & Birdies” — slightly morbid now that I think about it as a grown up (arguably) — but she and Dida soft boiled the […]
Clearly I don’t write every day… or even every week. Rather, I wait until truly inspired by something luscious. Something drenched in flavor, aroma, and taste. Something worth the calories and that extra time doing sit-ups. Art has always been key to the intent behind “Abi’s Farmhouse Kitchen” but in writing at least, my love […]
I should be writing my article. I have a deadline tomorrow. But my heart is still mulling the rich shelves of the local bookstore’s food section. My Mom watched our kids for an hour and I happily got lost walking book spines through countless countries and the luscious table lores from France, Holland, India, and […]
