Zucchini bread: a summer staple
If you have ever grown zucchini, chances are you have ended up with a few (or if you’re like me, many) that grew
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Best rhubarb cake ever!
It’s the end of May, and the weather in our region has been most uncooperative. It’s been cold. It’s been rainy. And it’s
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Farm tour: Hawaiian Vanilla Company
We recently vacationed on the Big Island of Hawai’i, which was an incredible experience. It is an amazing place if you love being
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It’s time to plant garlic!
The days are getting shorter, the nights are getting cooler, and we have had a few rounds of light frost. That can only
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Strawberry Japanese cheesecake recipe (Uncle Tetsu-like)
In March 2015, a store named Uncle Tetsu’s Cheesecake opened up near where I work. Having some Japanese heritage in my background, I
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How to save tomato seeds
One of the amazing things about heirloom tomatoes is their incredible taste and wide variety of colours, sizes and shapes. Another amazing thing
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Pickled balsamic onions
These pickled balsamic onions are a great way to use up the small onion bulbs that form at the base of old walking
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Grow endless green onions with walking onions
If you can get your hands on walking onions, you may wind up with a lifetime supply of green onions. A tough, perennial
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Get your garlic scapes while you can
I love to see the arrival of garlic scape season. For me, it means the mid-season vegetables like cucumbers and zucchini are around
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Vegan salad with bitter greens
The first time I tried curly endive, I was pretty taken aback. It looked like lettuce, but it sure didn’t taste like lettuce.
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