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I'm one of those spoiled little darlins whose mom would cut corn off the cob for.  Today, this is still my favorite way of enjoyin...

I'm so freaking excited about these black eyed peas!  This is my kind of crop - sow seeds, let them grow amok, wait till they're ...

Here's where we excel:  We don't keep junk food or junk drinks in the house.  When I cook, I cook good healthy meals.  Here...

The spaghetti above was a delicious summer dinner with crisped pancetta, pine nuts, and fresh shaved parm. There are also loads of fres...

For this week's Garden to Table Challenge, I decided to make use of the mint that is growing prolifically but obediently within it...

Happy Halloween! The little one is going to be some sort of vampire princess - the costume is pretty ornate and the natural fangs (since th...

I spent some time purging the bookcases today - boy is this a difficult task. I added many books to the donation pile that were hard to give...

In the vegetable garden this week are lots of blooms, but nothing yet to harvest but herbs, so I'm still finding ways to use my super st...

This week's Garden to Table Challenge post would have looked much more elegant with spaghetti, angel hair or linguine, but because of ou...

June 15th is garlic harvesting day (at least on the calendar). I harvested my reasonable sized garlic - ajo rojo, inchelium, early red, and ...

This week, the daylily buds are prolific not only in the garden border but also on the dinner table. Daylilies are called "gum jum fa...

I don't get to appreciate clematis rooguchi nearly enough since it's tucked away in the deep shade garden, so I thought I'd feat...

After picking bowls full every day for a couple of weeks, it looks like the strawberries are just about done. This week, we kept cool with s...

I was right about the bumper crop of strawberries! For this week's Garden to Table Challenge, I made a few things from the garden that I...

After five or six years of keeping the faith, there is finally enough asparagus to warrant the energy to cook it. The spears, purple upon h...

***** Happy May! ********************* This week, the salad greens have grown just beyond babyhood. The lettuce mix made a beautiful salad...