5 creatures Recipes

all things bright and beautiful, all creatures great and small, all things wise and wonderful, the lord god made them all., but what we never mention , though goodness knows it s true, lo , when he made the goodies, he made the baddies too., all things spray and swattable, disasters great and small, all things paraquatable , the lord god made them all., greenfly on the roses , the maggots in the peas, manure that fills our noses - he also gave us these, fungus on the goosegogs , the club root on the greens, slugs that eat the lettuce , and chew the aubergines, drought that kills the fuchsia , the frost that nips the buds, rain that drowns the seedlings , the blight that hits the spuds, midges and mosquitoes, the nettles and the weeds, pigeons in the green stuff , the sparrows on the seeds, fly that gets the carrots , the wasp that eats the plums, how black the gardener s outlook , though green may be his thumbs., but still we gardeners labour, midst vegetables and flowers, pray what hits our neighbour s will somehow bypass ours, all things bright and beautiful, all creatures great and small, all things wise and wonderful - the lord god made them all., dalone peel : chronicle of st. barnabas, autumn 1997.

black beans, undrained, ground cumin, chili powder, oregano, garlic powder, tomato, chopped, red bell pepper, finely chopped

olive oil , to saute, smoked chorizo, sliced into 1/4-inch rounds, onions, chopped, garlic, chopped, heads fennel, halved and sliced thinly, red pepper flakes, fresh bay leaves, chopped thyme leaves, salt and freshly ground black pepper, dry white wine, whole tomatoes, fish stock, lobsters, quartered, blue crabs, halved, littleneck clams , scrubbed, mussels , scrubbed and debearded, squid, cleaned, shucked oysters, with liquid, head-on shrimp, chopped parsley leaves, slime aioli , recipe follows, french bread, sliced