Last week I was felled like a tree with the flu. James took excellent care of me, but he was soon sl ..

What is it about spring and cleaning? Last Saturday morning I spontaneously emptied out my pantry, w ..

One of the drawbacks of living in the “sticks” is that ethnic food is hard to come by. Italian red s ..

First of all, welcome to my newly designed website! For all of you subscribers, the emails will look ..

I’m a sucker for cakes. Not the sweet kind—I’ve always been a pie kind of girl—but the savory, crisp ..

How can it be July? Summer always goes by way too fast, but one of the best things about having a ga ..

First, some news: I’ve got a bun in the oven, and not of the Parker House roll variety. That’s right ..

I must admit, I have a slight fetish for eggplants. They’re so sleek and sexy, dense and shiny. Ever ..

Four months is an awfully long time to wait for a single bell pepper. We’ve never had much luck grow ..

Our good friend Teo lives in Colombia, and we’ve been lucky enough to visit him twice, first for a v ..