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..