Fresh fruit is the perfect summer dessert!  Delicious as is, wonderful simply prepared, and delightful as a conclusion to a formal dinner (perhaps with a tasty coconut rum sauce!), it…

Despite a persistent shortage of rainfall in southeastern Wisconsin, the CSA vegetables are plentiful.  My refrigerator is getting packed and I am again in search of new ideas.  Hmmm, what…

This morning the world was dusted with snow.  This first sign of winter is always magical, reminding us that sugar plums and reindeer will soon grace our world. Homemade soup…

I thought it was gone forever.  The sour, spicy bite of the Italian salad discovered long ago for a special Christmas dinner. Of course everyone has given things up.  The…