Fall Forage: Cooking with Pomegranates
When isn’t it a good time to think about food and flowers? And this time of year, with the anticipation of a Thanksgiving meal...
Rapini Soup With Country Bread
Do you have a list of vegetables you wished you liked but don't? You know, the ones that are really good for you and...
Lemon Verbena | An Herb with a Twist
Lemon Verbena is one of those herbs. One for the must-grow and learn to cook list. It’s fragrance is amazing, enough to send you...
My Surprise Crop: Tomatillos
This season yielded my most generous crop of tomatillos yet. It's a happy surprise and bit of a puzzler -- it's always interesting to...
Container Garden Carrots from Seed to Plate
Behind every carrot is a carrot lover. If that's not you, well maybe you haven't had the luck to eat one that's homegrown?
Warming weather...
Winter Harvest Stew with Carrot & Apple
This winter harvest stew with carrot and apple is a new family favorite. It’s really a stoup because it’s chock-full of veggies and it’s...
Preserving Herbs: Make Your Own Herb Infused Vinegar
Have fun with your harvest -- and don't let a single leaf (or flower) go to waste. Make your own herb-infused vinegar to preserve...
Easy Tomato Salad
It's no secret that I'm a craver. I get wild hankerings for anything cruciferous, avocados, greens and new potatoes or freshly picked anything are easy...
In the Garden | Food Tastes Better Outside
When spring comes and the greens are ready, the carrots sweet from winter and there's foraging at hand, I bundle up the cutting board,...
Purple Peach & Blackberry Pie
What happens when you pair purple peaches and blackberries in pie? Only the most amazing mouthful of summer.
Dare you ask what’s a purple peach?
We...
Spinach & Curry Pizza
It’s time to put pizza back on the menu. This curry and spinach flatbread recipe will curb your guilt and wake up your taste...
Summer Forage: How to Make Elder Flower Cordial
If you are what you eat, I'll take flowers please!
I've had elder flower cordial on my mind since last summer. The thought of buying...
How to Make Wild Plum Sorbet
Who needs store bought when you can pick them for free? It's a marvel really.
These wild plums can be found peppering hillsides, gardens and...
Crunchy, Quick Pickled Spicy Green Beans
Green beans straight off the vine are hands-down the best way to eat them. Only after you’ve had your fill is it time to...
Dirt-to-Dinner
Dirt-to-dinner, garden-to-table, farm-to-fork, fork-to-mouth... what does it all mean?
Not long ago I got a call from an old friend, Greg Gearheart. He's an organizer...
Harvesting Pumpkins: Maple Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
We peeled off the highway, leaving bumper to bumper traffic for the quiet risk of side roads, and found this pumpkin patch. It was...
The Truth About Turnips: Recipes & Growing Tips
Turnips. The often forgotten sibling of its more esteemed family members, mizuna, bok choy, Napa cabbage and tatsoi along with a handful of others....
Mom’s Brown Stew
Fall is here and so too is my mom’s brown stew. The seasons are like that, reminding me of foods I may not have...
Four Fab Edible Flowers
Some are honey bee hubs, others are pungent and peppery. There are modest, girl-next-door types while a few pack some punch. However they come...
What to Grow in 2015 | 5 Plants to Add to Your Must-Have List
Wondering what to grow? The year is new and it's seed catalog season. Time to sharpen your pencil and dream big.
The seeds you plant...