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My garden gives me great joy, but sometimes overwhelms me with too much of a good thing. I’ve also found the same thing true at farmer’s markets. There is so much beauty I want to take it all home, but…
Read moreLast Monday was my cousin Melyssa’s birthday. At 6:00, I realized I hadn’t planned to bring anything to eat to her celebration, and that wasn’t gonna fly with the food appreciators and pregnant ladies expected to be in attendance. Also,…
Read moreJust as the first really hot days hit the Valley, so winds down the rhubarb. It sends up tall white flowers that quickly turn into brown seed pods. Meanwhile, the main season strawberries are just about hitting full peak. That…
Read moreI own a restaurant. So that makes me a professional food lover, which gives me the right, no, the obligation, to eat whatever I want. I’m always testing, tasting, and re-tasting, thinking I’ve skipped meals when really I’ve already eaten…
Read moreThe little baby lettuces in my garden enjoyed the rains of last week. Gorgeous curls of burgundy, bright green and speckles of dark red form a plush carpet. I’ve often seen mesclun at its peak and thought that Anne Geddes…
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