We considered pickling eggs. We thought about making hot pepper sauce with beer. We tried to gather enough okra pods to pickle, and we dawdled on which herbs to pick. In the end, Laena McCarthy (founder of Anarchy in a Jar) and I tore through six mason jars last Friday, on our jam-making date. We [...]

The summer produce is still a little scant on the roof, even though it’s definitely been warm for a while. There’s just one truly ripe slicing tomato and a small handful of red cherry ones, one yellow summer squash, and one mature Asian eggplant that made it to the pizza a few days ago. Everything [...]