italian food

For years, I have played this game with myself. I choose a main ingredient then, use whatever I have on hand to,…

I love potatoes. Boiled, mashed, smashed, fried, baked, scalloped but, most of all, I love potato gnocchi. When I owned Sister’s, I…

Without a doubt, there are vegetables that need to be prepared correctly or they taste terrible. Fennel or is one of them. Finocchio…

I think it’s funny, that I still get excited, when I see our local strawberries for sale at the markets. It could…

This is such a busy time at the farm! As soon as we had the vegetable garden in, it was time to…

Last summer Ralph and I were invited to join our new community in celebrating one of our neighbor’s birthdays. We were amazed…

Every gardener has her favorites. I can not resist anything that has a variegated leaf, including my herbs! Variegated oregano grows in a lovely…

I can’t begin to tell you how guilt ridden I feel on the days that I don’t have time to write a…

There is something very satisfying about foraging for food. I love picking wild raspberries, blueberries and blackberries. Yesterday was the first time…

Whenever I design an elaborate Italian menu, my goal is always to balance flavour, texture and color. The most important consideration is…