Medawisla in Maine

5 onion rings positioned on a blue & beige plate

Busy season 😜 #medawislagrows purple onions for #medawislatastes onionrings for #medawislasights Olympic rings 😁🕊💜

"Who broke up the party? Oh, who me?!" 🤣🐿😜

Green cinnamon basil behind purple opal basil glow pinkish under growlights

Purple opal basil and African blue basil destemmed into metal bowl, with bright green cinnamon basil waiting on the sideboard

African blue basil, including flower buds, fill metal bowl with scattering of purple opal basil leaves

Green inside when it's white outside keeps up spirit! 🌱 #medawislagrows

Alt: various pizzas with vegetarian toppings 3 of 3 posts many home grown

Pesto-marinara sauce in a pint jar on the left towers over a ridiculous amount of roasted garlic in tiny bowl, with mushrooms for scale on the right. Pizza mise en place in progress

Making two #pizzas tonight; so, 6 bulbs of #garlic to be roasted, right? Yup, definitely! 🤣🌱💜 #medawislagrows #medawislatastes stay tuned...

Sunflower seeds and pepper flakes speckle ribbon slices of white parmesan cheese covering green spinach noodles in a blue bowl with a torn piece of bread in the top and a fork sticking out the left side

Home grown purple onion slices reflects in a metal bowl on the top end of the cutting board and freshly harvested basil leaves pile on the lower end

Deep purple Opal Basil slivers drape over green pasta noodles in a blue & beige bowl

Torn pieces of garlic bread rest on top of green spinach pasta

Galaxy dinner, post 3/3, finally. #medawislatastes spinach pasta and garlic bread with #medawislagrows ingredients 🌱

Globe of browned, roasted garlic smeared on a basil-flecked dough before rolling into final proof

Dark green spots pop in swirl of a bread loaf headed for final proof; brown, roasted garlic oozes from center and seams

Galaxy shaped bread loaf pulled from oven in perfect dark brown toastiness

A dark brown Italian loaf torn open reveals flecks of basil and shine of roasted garlic cloves

Galaxy dinner, post 2/3, named mainly for the bread loaf, an Italian loaded with roasted homegrown garlic and basil #medawislagrows what #medawislatastes (Forthcoming post, more ingredients & final devouring)

Green towering spinach leaves blended with oil & eggs as wet ingredients inside ring of light-yellow semolina & flour dry ingredients that combine to form pasta dough

Towering spinach leaves color pasta dough green

Green towering spinach pasta depicts spirals from being rolled, folded and sliced into noddles

Pasta noodles dusted in flour await being cooked

Galaxy dinner in multiple posts, to share all the photos! #medawislagrows towering spinach and more #medawislatastes ingredients 🌱💜⭐️ (Forthcoming: namesake bread photos, post 1/3)

Yeaaaasssss! 😁

Truly beautiful! What's your recipe, if you're willing to share 😁

An ice ring surrounds the half moon shining through black utility lines

Chopped peanuts top a spicy peanut sauce dripping down steamed bao buns on a blue & beige plate

A hand holds bao dough to dollop kaleidoscope filling before filling

The latest culinary exploration: worth the hype? Yes! Do it!

Happy New Year's Eve! #medawislasights moon ring and #medawislatastes bao with spicy peanut sauce

A recipe for pumpkin/apple spice

Totally! Make your own whipped cream; you'll never go back... Here's the spice combo, fresh ground when possible, add tsp to cup of cream to taste. (Click on image to see full extent.)

A split up galette with an oat topping reveals pomegranate reds under green sugar sprinkles, on a blue plate

Happy New Year (almost) ! #medawislatastes Apple pomegranate galette with green sugar sprinkles, then apple spice whipped cream

Light green sugar sprinkles on whipped cream dollops on dark chocolate pudding pie on a green plate

21st century Maine winter (snow on mud) or chocolate pudding pie with mint whipped cream? 🤣 #medawislatastes

That's how to eat festive meals! #medawislatastes

Fuzzy medicine is the best! 🐻💜🐾

My sister's Toulouse curled up cozy, snug as a bug! 🐾

3 wax seals: left one gold & sage showing a ginkgo leaf; two on right reveal green rosemary sprigs with lavender hinting to the plant's flowers

4 wax seals on envelopes waiting for posting, before discovering that even "nonmachinable" postage goes thru sorting machines...

An ode to rosemary wax seal on a Peanuts letter

A dried cornflower (royal blue) on a silver gear sealed in clear glue/wax, resting on parchment paper to cool for future use

Sharing wax seals for penpaling and @capucinep.bsky.social to penpal vicariously through me 🐻💜🕊 #medawisla #penpals

Are we sure that hand-rubbing critter had nothing to do with the event following? 🤣🐿😜

Ditto! Looking forward to sharing!

Ah...In the USA, we have option for postal service to pick up mail when it is dropped off in our box 😎😜🙃

That is beautiful! Creative! (And the snowflake is accurate! ) PS I love penpaling if ya wanna add a fellow wax sealing to your orbit 😎🤘🤩

A fire in a slightly snowy yard shadowed by photographer on right and screenhouse on left

Remnants of the sunflowers reflect sun while buildings cast shadows on background of snow blanketed yard

Happy Solstice! ⭐️🔥🌞

Real Reindeer Are More Amazing Than You Ever Imagined Glowing noses, or hooves that go click-click-click? Real reindeer are actually even more spectacular than their fictional counterparts.

Real reindeer aren’t just holiday magic, they’re Arctic survival experts. From color-changing eyes to epic migrations, these animals redefine what it means to be resilient. 🦌❄️

The song sparrow here is dubbed "The Conductor" as he prefers the tippy top of the hedge and precedes other birds' songs 🎶🌲💜

Golden browned potato wedges rest on blue plate in front of panini charred sandwich halves, exposing layers of arugula cheese & roasted red pepper.

Decided on Johnny Rocket as the name of this beauty. (See prior post about naming sandwiches.) Based this on the etymology of arugula and since we added an apple, ode to Johnny Appleseed. Side of JoJos. #medawislatastes #medawislalaughs

So...I started doing the same for weirder sandwich combinations--my favorite name to date is The R.B.F. (resting bitch face plagues many a northerner...) which includes sourdough, feta & fenugreek sprouts... #medawislatastes #medawislalaughs

It may have come from a local shop that made giant sized bread (literally 4x sliced bread size) that gave fun names on the menu, like Victoria's Secret or The Zorro. Maine is also famous for its Dagwood sammies...

Do you name your sandwiches? The question is, what to name this panini? (Order TBD but) a cheese spread (goat & cream cheese) with capers, 1/2 a fire roasted red pepper, pile of baby arugula, hummus (swiss chard), sliced honey crisp apple, (tempeh) bacon, and purple onion, on potato bread?