Chili has always been a staple in my diet, ever since I was a kid. We lived on a farm when I was little, and I can remember my mother making huge batches of Texas-style chili to feed all of us, including some of the farmhands. I love the typical beef and bean chili, but [...]

Publishing recipes on the internet is a tricky business. Unlike in print publishing, the boundaries of copyright are a little less clear and copyright infringement is a lot easier to do. You can’t republish someone else’s recipes in print and expect to get away with it, but on the internet? On this huge wide open [...]

I love the idea of being a locavore, I really do. It all makes so much sense to eat more locally in order to cut down on the transportation of food and the subsequent greenhouse gases. So I do my best to patronize local farmer’s markets in the summer months and keep my eye on [...]

I will be the first to admit that there is nothing sexy or elegant about this recipe. Broccoli Cheese is the workhorse among soups. It’s warming, nutritious, you get your greens into you, and if you are lucky, it also tastes good. Not all of them do, I’ve had some pretty blah broccoli soups in [...]

We have fresh tarragon growing out the wazoo. That’s a terribly vulgar way to put it, I know. And, depending on what you consider a wazoo to be, it would likely be considered a medical emergency if we actually did have tarragon growing out of it. But it is truly remarkable, how much fresh tarragon [...]