Vegetables

I wrote about Too Much Cheese a few weeks ago. Now I’ve got too much kale. This time the source is my garden. I planted a lot of kale seeds and they struggled along for months. Something was chewing little holes in the leaves, but …

Bored with fresh corn on the cob? Not me. But variety is the spice of life, and that applies to corn, too. One traditional way to spice up fresh corn is Mexican Street Corn. I like to create vegetarian menus that include different protein sources. …

When the conversation around me turns to health problems linked to nutrition, I have to resist the urge to chime in with advice. Instead, I write a blog post. A recent conversation was about Age Related Macular Degeneration, or AMD. This is a common problem …

I can’t let the summer gardening season go by without talking about my favorite green: arugula. I grow it every year. Picking fresh arugula and making salad is one of my favorite rewards for gardening. The arugula you buy in the supermarket is most likely …

Many, many years ago, I was addicted to carrots. I ate a whole lot of carrots every day, for months. Carrots are healthy, what could go wrong? Well, my health didn’t suffer, but my skin turned orange. I went to see a doctor for a …

A couple of weeks ago I was chatting with a woman whose house burned down over a year ago. She lost everything, but when she went back last spring to survey the damage, she saw that her asparagus was coming up as if nothing had …