Category : Appetizer

A few summers ago, during a stay at a tiny beach house on the Oregon coast, I fell in love with simplicity again—both in cooking...

Last autumn, my husband and I rented a small lakeside cabin for a quiet weekend away. The air was cool enough to carry that faint...

A few Decembers back, my husband and I rented a tiny lakeside cabin for a quiet weekend away before the holiday rush. The mornings were...

One springtime afternoon, while the cherry trees in our backyard were just beginning to bloom, I decided to host a small garden lunch for my...

A few autumns ago, while waiting in line at our town’s harvest fair, I met a retired baker named Ruth who was selling homemade pretzels...

I was at the community garden last month helping my neighbor, Irene, harvest the last of her summer rosemary bushes. She’s 82 and still kneels...