I don't remember eating polenta when I was young. If we had spaghetti sauce, or 'gravy' if you're Italian I guess, Mom serve...

 If you think that pancakes are just for breakfast, have I got a surprise for you. This Dutch Baby, a kind of pancake you bake in the oven, ...

Pesto made with pine nuts and basil is a classic sauce for a good reason. For one thing, it smells heavenly! The bright green is enticing, t...

Most years I plant basil seeds in a wide and somewhat shallow planter. Some years the basil does well and fills up the planter. Some year...

Sometimes you need a salad recipe that will be easy to assemble somewhere other than your kitchen, one that is a main dish salad, one tha...

September is finally here. That means a number of things, but two that thrill me are that fall is just around the corner and that the gar...

It's been great being back in the kitchen cooking. I had no idea that finding new homes for all my cooking and baking equipment and s...

The garden is so beautiful right now! The cherry tomato plants have taken over most of a 4 foot by 6 foot planter box, but there is a sk...

From the looks of this blog...no posts for a while...you'd think we'd stopped eating of something. The truth is that I've alm...

I get a bit emotional about tomatoes. First because I spend a lot of time and thought on them: I start them from seeds in the late days o...

Some days it is so wonderful to have something easy to serve for dinner. After a good portion of a day spent installing flashing and sidi...

The colors of the Italian flag...red, green and white...are all on display in this month's delicious bread, Pane Bianco with Garlic,...

It's always a pleasure to stop by the strawberry farm along Hwy 12 to buy some fresh-from-the-fields sweet, juicy, gorgeous strawberri...