When I realized that I still had poached quince in the fridge and that it needed to be used, I went to various cookbooks and then to the ind...

By now we have usually taken in our front porch wicker furniture because of rain, but this year we continue to have weather more like June t...

It is truly spring. Usually this is a non-event as spring arrives in Northern California most years in February or March, but this year ...

We finally have gotten a few days of sun, but it's still pretty chilly, so I decided to make a baked chicken dish last night. I found...

Two of the most prolific July produce grown here on the property are zucchini and blackberries. Being seasonal, they are also pretty inex...

There are cookbooks that are on my shelf which go unused for a long time and then I suddenly notice them and decide to make a recipe fro...

One of the pleasures of being a baker is spending time paging through cookbooks and surfing online on cooking sites to find ideas and rec...

There is a sense of mystery about something forbidden...and a challenge, too. I felt that way upon discovering black forbidden rice, a gor...