My early memories of steak night are not happy ones. They involve flames. Flames bursting out of my mother’s broiler pan. Flames shooting up from the charcoal grill. I was convinced that home-cooked steak tasted a lot like charred leather. …
Cooking an Easter dinner is hard work, often involving days of preparation—shopping, chopping, mashing, mincing and roasting, with plenty of unwieldy pans to scour afterward. As you bring this hard work to fruition, the fruit of your labor is even…
What’s the difference between a fajita and a burrito? In terms of how much my husband and I enjoy them, there is no difference whatsoever. Whenever there is Mexican food in our house, there is joy. Both fajitas and burritos…
Spring and early summer weather just makes me want to get in my garden and plant new stuff. I like to think I have a green thumb—I don’t — but it certainly is in my gene pool. My dad is…
Ever since I began working with Weaver’s Orchard three years ago, it has been my dream to have a home office desk made from recycled apple crates. My husband’s design jobs have allowed him to design many awesome furniture projects…
They say that everyone is a gardener in the springtime. I can feel that warm sunshine and cool dirt calling my name just about now, but based on my record I know that come the first heat wave in July,…
I pulled out my old recipe box from the pantry the other day. The wooden box was a shower gift from my husband’s Grandma Ruth. When I opened the box more than thirty years ago, I found a treasure hidden…
You’ve probably heard of the Mediterranean Diet. But what is it, exactly? Well, that depends. Three continents border the Mediterranean Sea. So traditional Mediterranean meals feature foods grown all around the seacoast. Recipes vary from region to region depending on…
What is winter like at an orchard? More specifically, what is it like at the orchard during a winter like this one, with brutal temperatures and perpetual blankets of snow? As you might have guessed, we’ve spent an unusual amount…
The last time I went into serious diet mode, I lost 20 pounds. After hitting that milestone, I didn’t exactly fall off the wagon. I jumped. I’d had enough of artificial food: diet soda, fat-free dressing, imitation sour cream .…