Feb 4, 2015
I may be the last person to the fresh juice party but now that I’m there I’m kicking up my heels. It all started when I was in California visiting a friend and we pulled out her very cool juicer and made a pitcher of the most delicious mix of practically... 
Oct 6, 2014
I want to like eggplant. Really, I do. I love their color. Their shape. I like to grow them watching the little purple flower turn into this graceful vegetable. How, I wonder, does something so beautiful to look at taste so blah? And maybe it’s not even the... 
Apr 19, 2014
My friend Heather recently moved from Boise to San Jose and while most of the time I’m not envious at all, the times I am almost always have to do with the beautiful produce that she has easy access to. She knows this and tends to rub it in whenever she can, but... 
Oct 17, 2013
It happens at the end of each summer – I have more tomatoes that I hardly know what to do with. The freezer is already full of marinara, and I’ve eaten them for what feels like breakfast, lunch and dinner for weeks. But I know that when the bounty is gone and... 
Sep 24, 2013
I didn’t realize when we sold my old freezer what a hole it would leave and I’m not talking about the big space where shiny bright white storage cabinets are now. It was probably time for it to go. My to-be husband had just moved in and we were trying to... 