We grew cucumbers! It only took two and a half months from seeds to cukes, but we did it! Just before we harvested our first cukes from ou...

Have you ever had bulgur wheat before? It's cracked, dried wheat, and it's really quite delicious. Bulgur wasn't something we gr...

Ever since I started sharing recipes with you, dear readers, friends and family are giving me cookbooks. Old ones, new ones — it doesn't...

Friday ended a loooooong week at work (but aren't they all?) and marked the end of summer as the kids head back to school today. To hono...

Here in the great Northwest, school doesn't start until September. It was the same when I was growing up in Buffalo. So I've been fl...

When you are a mom of school-age kids, the end of summer is bittersweet. The start of school means an end to constant sibling arguing (yay!)...

One summer, years ago, Jeff and I attended a party at a reporter friend's lake house. Our friend Dan could cook and grill as well as he ...