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Welcome to the Pasta Recipe Collection
Pasta has always been comfort food royalty, but it’s so much more than noodles and sauce. These five creative recipes reimagine the classics in fresh, flavorful ways–proving pasta can be …
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13 Deadly Vegetable Garden Pests
I’m just going to say it: There is a lot that can go wrong with a garden. Somehow, we humans have cultivated vegetables for about 10,000 years. But a few …
How to Prune Tomato Plants, Peppers, Cucumbers and More
If you're new to vegetable gardening, you might see the six-pack of tomato sprouts at your local gardening center and think, "Wow, what a deal!" What you might not realize …
Planting Grandpa’s Garden
Two years ago this month, Randy-my husband-and I bought my grandfather's house. The house is in northern Vermont, on the shores of Lake Champlain, within spitting distance of Canada: driving …
Garden Basil & Caramelized Onion Chicken Burgers
There’s something undeniably magical about biting into a burger that hits every note—sweet, smoky, herbaceous, and juicy—yet still feels light enough for summer eating. That’s exactly what these caramelized onion …
Dill & Caper Cream Sauce
Friends, let me introduce you to the sauce that will make you feel like a fancy restaurant chef while requiring approximately zero actual culinary skills! This dreamy, creamy Dill & …
Zesty Lemon-Rosemary Butter Sauce
Let's have a moment of appreciation for butter, shall we? That magical ingredient that makes everything taste better and somehow convinces children to eat things they'd otherwise reject with dramatic …
10 Helpful Plants for Bug Control in Your Kitchen Garden
The joy of growing a kitchen garden in your yard is imagining the delicious recipes and meals you’ll create using your home-grown herbs and vegetables. Do you know what gets …
Chicken Cordon Bleu
When Gail and I signed up for a cooking class in Lyon, we expected good food—but what we got was pure magic. We learned to craft Chicken Cordon Bleu, asparagus …
Asparagus with Hollandaise Sauce
In a sunlit kitchen in Lyon, amid laughter and the clatter of utensils, Gail and I discovered just how extraordinary simplicity can be. As part of a French cooking class, …
