In my childhood and teen years, I spent my summers, almost every fall and spring…
Food for Thought
Invaluable Vegetables
Plants have many ways of sending messages to us humans, if we pay attention. Thorns,…
The Prestige of Presentation
To serve or arrange food on a plate or plates is a simplistic definition for…
My Paper Towel Addiction
As this column is about food you may be perplexed as to why I have…
Try Something New
I had no idea that parsnips were so delicious until this past year. I’ve been…
The Joys of July
As a young school aged child, I didn’t bother much with a calendar. That was…
A Beautiful Wisdom
Peeler crabs shed around a full moon; plant vegetable seeds after May 10; plant rows…
The Brilliance of Sunflowers
No one ever gazed upon a sunflower with a heavy heart that was not turned…
The Restorative Measures of Food
My childhood doctor was straight out of a Norman Rockwell painting. Small and quaint, the…
This One’s for the Birds
While sipping some herbal tea and watching songbirds at my feeder from my kitchen window,…