Earthen Garden

Each Thanksgiving for the past several years, I have made a holiday Cranberry sauce.  In the Mid-Western part of the United States the tradition of Thanksgiving is closely related to not only what blessings have been granted over the year, but what foods will be consumed on this day of feasting.  This years sauce is [...]

One of my favorite creative uses of fennel seeds are Fennel Seed Cookies.  They are a refreshing change from Shortbread and Chocolate Chip cookies, because of the wonderfully distinctive flavor of Fennel.  It has the texture and taste of a crisp cookie with slight licorice flavor.  Check out the following recipe! Fennel Seed Cookies 1/2 [...]

I had a blast helping Barson’s Greenhouse – http://www.barsons.com/ – celebrated their 30th year in business over the weekend. I taught the ‘cooking and preserving herbs’ class. Barsons also offered a number of other gardening classes to educated there customers on topics such as canning and butterfly gardening. Herbs, what a great alternative to seasoning [...]