I love to cook and enjoy attempting to become a green thumb… I have added two sections to my blogroll on the right called “Good Cooking Reads”
and “Good Gardening Reads” and hope to add to them over time.
I am wondering if you can share with me what else are you reading that I don’t know about related to gardening, cooking, house, and home? While we are talking about gardening…this little bunny has been living in our yard for the past couple of weeks. Brooks has named her carrot. I thought she was cute until I caught her today eating my flowers.
If anyone also has any suggestions how to nicely nudge bunny out of the garden I would appreciate it.
House and home, cooking and gardening, just what I love. Please let me know what I am missing…
Photo Credits via Martha Stewart
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Good luck with little bunny boy. We had one as a pet and the only thing he would not eat were Hydrangeas. I did so enjoy seeing him in the yard I built a window box for flowers he couldn’t reach that,lol. Kathysue
Laura we have bunnies running around here as well. Lts of geese in the pond too!
Karena
Art by Karena
chocolate and zucchini
Laura, do you have Ellie Krieger’s cookbooks? She’s a graduate of my program, so the recipes are healthy but also delicious! Annie
Farmer McGregor
I love the French food site http://www.easy-french-food.com They combine great food and ease. They have a blog so we can have the best of both worlds.
My 3 year old granddaughter would love your bunny.
Hope the bunny doesn’t eat your garden, but he sure is cute! Great idea. I love to read anything about cooking or gardening so I’m looking forward to what you will have to share.
I just bought a fun new cookbook for kids called Bean Appetit. It has alot of fun healthy food ideas that the kids can help make. Anna loves to help cook.
My new favorite Kitchen read is LuLu Powers, Food to Flowers. I read it like a novel, start to finish and the photography inside is fantastic!
And, as far as the bunnies, we have found them not afraid of much. Trust me….we’ve tried. They are eating all the flowers in my pots!
Hi Laura! Green thumb wannabe myself. Here are some food blogs I love:
Food52, Kitchn, Blythe’s Bites, David Lebovitz, Find, Eat, Drink. My nightstand reading right now is Julia Reed’s Hot Biscuits, Hostess Gowns – A Memoir of the South with Recipes and Marcus Samuelsson’s Aquavit cookbook.
Food sites I like:
orangette.blogspot.com
thepioneerwoman.com/cooking
http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes (Jamie Oliver)
http://www.foodnetwork.com/giada-de-laurentiis/recipes/index.html (Giada de Laurentiis)
smittenkitchen.com
http://www.sporkorfoon.com
weelicious.com (kids, families, and food)
http://www.chowmama.com (kids, families, and food)
http://www.bakerella.com (sweet stuff)
Blackberry Farm has a wonderful cookbook out–If you can’t splurge on the $500 plus a night rooms you can at least eat like you are there. Also Frank Stitt, a Birmingham, AL chef has two cookbooks out Southern Table and an Italian cookbook Bottega Favorita. and of course the Lee Brothers for true southern cooking done hip!
There are a couple of ways to make your garden less attractive to rabbits. One is to get some hair clippings from the Beauty Salon & sprinkle them about. The scent makes them think people are around. A great, but expensive product is called Liquid Fence, very stinky & must reapply after rain or watering – but it does work.
Good Luck!
Good heavens, I have my mags and my over 110 blogs I read, haven’t read a good book in a long time, other than some arty books on the impressionistic greats. We have bunnies galore, but I don’t have the heart to do anything about them, a hold-over emotional connection to Peter Rabbit,
Interesting rabbit deterrent ideas–we have a cute bunny eyeing our backyard plants too!
Oops, here’s the link: http://www.ehow.com/way_5130051_home-keep-rabbits-out-garden.html
Cooking is something I really, really need to work on. Will be checking out your links…thanks!
There are many food blogs that I adore: here are a few that haven’t already been mentioned:
http://www.honeyandjam.com/
http://sunday-suppers.blogspot.com/
http://www.101cookbooks.com/
http://www.latartinegourmande.com/
amy’s list of blogs above is great. i love reading food and gardening blogs…
but, my all time favorite is ina garten’s book series… barefoot contessa.
her recipes are easy, yummie and simple ingredients. nothing crazy…
i have all of them but i think if you start with one, try back to basics..(her latest) it is so wonderful – they all are…
happy to have found your blog.. also, martha has a great book on gardening – sorry i do not know the title but you will find it on amazon.
good luck and report back ! xx pam
That bunny is pretty darn cute! Don’t know that I’d have the bunny problem here in the heart of Houston, but my girls would love it if we did!
Why am I so afraid of starting a garden? I shop at the farmer’s market every week, so I love the concept, but I’ve yet to dive in myself. I keep thinking I have to research more first (silly, overthinking me!).
Keep us posted on your progress!
xo…Linsey
Laura,
you won the shorely chic coasters dear.
random number 5 (not including myself)
although I would love those beachy coasters over water rings.
pve
Cook’s Country–A Great cooking magazine with recipes galore that are tested over and over in the Cook’s Country test kitchen. http://www.cookscountry.com/
Garden and Gun–A Charleston based magazine–classic for food, gardening, home, and more.
Both of these magazine are worth subscribing to!
Starting around this time of year I began combing through books by southern authors and magazine tear sheets from Ina Garten and Martha Stewart for both meal and table setting inspiration.
Sorry to hear Mr. Peter Cottontail is being so naughty!