Feeling overstuffed after the holidays and tired of winter already, I am consumed by two urges: 1- to start eating healthy again ...

It's peach (and mango) season! The orchard up the road has beautiful juicy peaches right now. I don't bother with the mealy ones ...

Ever since the PA Lavender Festival, I've had lavender lemonade in the back of my mind. Today I noticed we had a few lemons lying around...

My grandmother was here on the east coast for Thanksgiving for the first time ever this year. She was quite the cook in her day. She ran the...

This past weekend we remembered the life of my grandfather, who died earlier this month at the ripe old age of 95, with a camping trip with ...

I hinted earlier that there might be some good things in store for our bumper crop of strawberries, possibly involving rhubarb. Oh, how I ...

Oh what a difference a week makes! This is going to be our year for strawberries! We got nothing last year. The plants were new and what li...

Here we are, newly dug out from the second blizzard this week with news of another storm on the way for the beginning of next week. School h...

Have you ever noticed that supermarket spaghetti sauce comes in really nice mason jars? The Classico jars even say "MASON" on them...

If you need a pie to bring to Aunt Mildred's for Thanksgiving, this is the one. Unlike most pecan pie recipes, this one does not call fo...

Today was one of those crisp fall days that cries out for apple pie. Maybe it was the shift in barometric pressure, or just the sun finally ...