You know how I love any kind of greens - I found the most beautiful bunch of turnip greens yesterday, then realized I wasn't quite sur...

Spring is here, but a little too cold to put out new herb plants - though I found my fresh parsley and dill in a very overcrowded vegetable ...

I'm always a little sad when the brussels sprout season is over - I do love them!  But on that sunny, warm day, I blanched th...

Another chilly, chilly day in Minnesota.  After a quick (very quick!) walk, I decided to clean the overloaded fridge.  Jams, ...

I've always loved parsnips , a root vegetable similar to carrots, but with an earthy, slightly sweet flavor that tastes li...

Oh, my, life has been busy!  For months I've been searching for a place back in beloved New Hampshire, then, when that turned ...

When I was young, ratatouille was not an unknown - I ate it, but it often was made with too much olive oil, and the vegetables were limp an...

Christmas break is finally over - the grands headed back to school today.  It's been a noisy, happy vacation with th...

How can it be October 27th already?  Autumn in Minneapolis is mild - most days I wear a vest as I walk around the neighborhoods, and the tre...

We had several very warm days last week, not as humid as New England, but muggy enough to curl up with a book in air condi...

A sunny, windy day , 9 degrees above zero.  A little interlude between snowstorms, though another 8 inches are in the future ....

The wind is howling over this snowy landscape - it sounds like a freight train as the wind swoops and tickles the corners of t...

As I write this, a winter blizzard is moving into New England.  I am inland, so the snow reached here only four or five hours ago - and we h...