Rae K Eighmey
Bio
For 30 years of recipe time-travel magic I’ve been in the kitchens of Lincoln, Franklin, and more.
Here I weave tasty recipes into thoughts of gardens, nature, and climate. Enjoy!
You can find more at Raes Kitchen https://bit.ly/3OVFgrj
Stories (9/0)
A Pie Full of Good Luck
This morning the sun is shining and the icicles are dripping. We’ve been lucky these past two weeks. Our holiday weather was cold and very windy and, yes, we had snow, but it was mostly manageable. The good news --the sun is out. The temperatures are warming up. The week of 20 below zero really established a great ice foundation on the lake. I don’t know how thick it is, but I did just see a pick-up truck drive past about fifty feet out from the shore.
By Rae K Eighmeyabout a year ago in Feast
Misfits Market is a perfect fit
T'was the week before Christmas and our streets were frozen. With temperatures at 15 below zero, winds at 30 miles per hour, mounds of snow all about, I didn't have to worry about having fresh produce for our Christmas dinner. I had placed my order earlier in the week. I knew that Misfits Market would come through. And they did with wonderful organic produce and tasty extras. As you can see: spinach, cranberries, walnuts, flour, summer squash, grapefruit, cherry tomatoes, Killer Mike's fabulous English muffins from Portland, mushrooms, fresh green beans, cereal, flour, tangerines, and a tin of special Danish Christmas butter cookies. The last because, well, you can never have too many cookies at Christmas.
By Rae K Eighmeyabout a year ago in Feast
Of Ice, Geese, and Carrots
We’ve been officially “ice in” at our small north Iowa lake for two weeks, but there is still a significant ‘donut hole” of open water right in the middle. When I looked out Saturday morning there were four pair of very large birds in that water and up on the edges of the ice. The males were all white and what I took to be females were smaller with more brown on their feathers. They spent about three hours swimming and diving for food before flying off.
By Rae K Eighmeyabout a year ago in Feast
Ice Floes and Tomatoes
Seasons are visibly changing here at our small North Iowa lake. We can see two miles directly opposite to downtown on the northern shore and east to the large state park. The shore between those two points is lined with homes and summer cottages. Now the docks and boat lifts have all been pulled out. Winter is reclaiming the water.
By Rae K Eighmeyabout a year ago in Feast
The Bodacious Brandywine
Will gave me the high sign fifteen minutes before the Farmer’s Market opening bell He had what I wanted and was keeping it safe. The fragile Brandywine tomatoes were tucked under his table and out of the hands of careless potential purchasers who looked over his crops with their fingers as well as their eyes. His care is essential. Will is one of the few vendors who even try to bring Brandywines to market. They are that delicate. Find them in a grocery store? No way. Not wanting to be too obvious I gradually moved over to the corner of his booth. I was ready to get my share at the very first moment.
By Rae K Eighmey2 years ago in Feast
The Merlot the Merrier
The Merlot the Merrier Thursday Afternoon I’ve seldom, if ever, been stunned into silence by a work of art. It is my job not to be. For the past three years I’ve been the Lakeview Arts Center’s assistant director, I write all the press releases, conduct interviews with radio and television, maintain our website and weekly blog, even write the interpretive labels that describe the paintings to gallery visitors.
By Rae K Eighmey3 years ago in Humans
