I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the return of the light, and what it means to wait in darkness, closed in, caught in long moments of obscurity, almost forgetting that there was anything but stagnant midnight, longing for and trying to believe in the first ray of morning. I have been trying to sleep…
Tag: chocolate
Chocolate Covered Wensleydale Chevre Bonbons
For most of the summer, Stinky decided he was a cow. When i got home and tried to reunite him with the rest of the goats, he was skeptical, but agreeably walked in when i held the gate open. He spent a minute sniffing everyone’s tail, and then followed me out again to be with…
Chocolate Chevre Cheesecake with a Chocolate Cookie Crust (grain-free)
The high days of summer have brought the rains at last, the grey and sandy days broken by the tropical sun. Nothing is gentle here in summer. The rolling thunder and pounding rain, the blinding sun and baking heat all work an alchemy and draw the green and the sweetness out of the earth for…
Fruit, Nut, and Chocolate Easter Nibbles
I didn’t mean to skip this past week’s blog post, but the weather has been so wonderful, and we have been so busy in the kitchen, in the garden, wandering the beautiful pastures, and celebrating spring that the days slipped by, days full of fun, sun, work, and beauty. The natural dyes turned out very…
Rustic Dark Chocolate Meringue Cake With Wild Black Cherry Syrup
Ignore the humble appearance of this lovely dessert! It will be one of the nicest things you will ever eat! The fruity and intense black cherry flavor is set off by the rich chocolate. The meringue is also a nice way to use up extra egg whites I have left over from making ice…
Rainy Day Hot Chocolate
We got more than six inches of rain last week, much of it in a single day. I’ve never seen so much standing water around the farm for all day like that. We’ve gotten summer rain storms that make a creek of the dirt path to the milking area, but on Tuesday it just…
Toadstools And Fairy Rings 