Tag Archives: spring Today the Winter Solstice officially occurred (in my hemisphere) at 5:44 this morning. It is the official start of winter and in Philadelphia we will have nine hours and nineteen minutes of daylight; the shortest day of the year, hence the longest night. The days have been getting shorter since the summer Solstice, and at last […]  Eats Shoots and Leaves has to be one of the best titled books ever (at least if you’re a grammar nerd like me). Lately I’ve been eating shoots, the kind that are so sweet and tasty this time of year, and are available at my local farmer’s market; pea shoots. If you haven’t had them, […]  It’s spring, and it finally feels like it (after that week or so tease in March) and Fresh Direct *was offering a deal on wild, spring ramps this week so I thought I’d ramp it up. I am embarrassed to admit I’ve never cooked with ramps before, and my planning for their arrival was typically […]  When I was a kid there was an auto shop that ran an ad each spring “Spring has sprung the grass has ris, I wonder how my spark plugs is?” I have no idea what company it was, and a Google search was fruitless, nevertheless, the jingle has stuck with me. When people ask […]  Spring officially started over a month ago, but it has been a slow, reluctant one this year. I haven’t felt the urge to switch out my clothes for the boxes in the attic, and I am still sleeping with an extra blanket on my bed. The cherry blossoms are blooming, the forsythia and crocuses have […] |
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