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Split Pea Soup was a staple in my grandmother Ekstrom’s house. Of course it was. She learned to cook nutritious family meals with…

The other day a young woman said to me, “I love your jeans!” I had to look down to see which pair…

As mentioned, Ralph and I are planning a slew of dinner parties over the next several weeks. For the most part, when…

We’re into our fourth month of winter. Hard-core, unrelenting, frozen-to-the-bone winter. As unpatriotic as this sounds, I’m sick to death of it.…

The kimchi was ready this week so I invited a few brave girlfriends over for dinner with the understanding that we might…

UPDATE: Hello there. I’m begging for your patience. This post was published two days ago but wasn’t delivered to my subscribers. I’m re-posting…

It’s a new year. Time for change. For someone who struggles with change as much as me, you wouldn’t think it would…

Vegetarian Chili is one of the simplest things to make if you need something quick for a crowd. Christmas. We picked Kaitie…

My vegetable garden is still full of gorgeous tomatoes that deserve to be used up before they over ripen and  fall to…

Last week, I made a batch of homemade fennel sausage which I’ve done a billion times before to have on hand for sauces,…