This is another of the herbs in the front garden that I ruthlessly cut back to the ground last fall. It has come back with a vengeance over the last couple of weeks. In the fall it’ll bloom and bring butterflies by the …

Enchilada Sauce Recipe
I was making a chicken and black bean enchilada casserole this evening and realized that I was out of canned enchilada sauce.  Then I thought … why not make my own?  It would probably be much more flavorful than the store-bought variety, and …

Tuesdays with Dorie #4: Kim of Scrumptious Photography decided on the Chocolate Cream Tart on pages 352 and 353.

As with last week’s recipe, I made only 1/2 of this. Actually, I wound up making a full recipe of the tart crust before I …

Collard Green Recipe
Collard greens are a uniquely Southern food, I think. Most people who aren’t from the South (or haven’t lived here a while) don’t really know what they are, even if they’ve heard of them to begin with. Usually non-Southerners approach collards …

There were a few more stalls at our farmer’s market this morning. I’m still getting a feel for who is local and who is bringing in out of state veggies. I don’t want to be a food snob about it, but I’d rather …