The day after Lawson and I threw a party at which we drank a lot of beer, we ate this restorative breakfast. The omelet contained cheese an...

Here's one of my favorite starchy side dishes--although with some cheese it will do for a vegetarian main dish. I can't remember whe...

My camera's broken, which is just as well, because I just went digging through our archives for a zucchini recipe for tonight's dinn...

These recipes were included in the little cook-booklet that came with my first Waring blender back in the 70’s and are still viable. I used ...

My friend Kerry pointed out this story about the bare minimum equipment needed for a kitchen. You would think a list of basic kitchen ite...

You know the Deconstructed Menu Item conceit? I guess it's a few years old now. This is where a pretentious gourmet chef will serve, sa...

These are Lawson's cucumber plants from last year. So far this year they're only eight inches high. Yesterday I made some fattoush ...

This weekend I decided it was time to start composting again, but that I was sick of the abandoned, messy, unscientific compost heap in the ...

Dad made a couple of delicious meals this week: the Red Snapper Veracruz and salad (home-grown) pictured above, and Lahmajoun. The Lahmajoun...

Yesterday was Lawson's birthday. I knew I wanted to make him some carrot cake, because I only recently found out he is a big fan of it ...

Here is this morning’s version of Tomato Toast, a breakfast I make almost weekly with whatever is in the house. Today’s layers: whole wheat ...

I don't have much to add to what you posted below...just the only two pictures I managed to take. I had fun, though I admit I had a bri...

While Eva and Lawson were visiting us we decided to have a tapas evening, with everyone contributing one or two dishes. There were a few tim...

Our friend Mark lives in Kyoto and must be fed pizza when he comes to visit the US. The lower one is pepperoni; the upper one is herbs, anc...

We had a four-pound pork stew last night in honor of the visiting aunts and uncles. That menu was: Italian Pork Stew; Grandma's scallope...