Schooled in salad
Sorrel provokes pucker. It's lemon-sour, tangy tart. Which is why the bold green with the bold plan for garden domination so often gets ground down to fish sauce. It's bracing...
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In the taco tradition
Tacos are de rigueur on Tuesday. In Springfield, home to the bumbling, bright-yellow Simpsons, the school cafeteria suffers stampede every time it's Tuesday. Ominous pause. Taco Tuesday. Bright-yellow Bart downs...
Cherry crisp from a surprise crop
Cherry is a lovely tree, all pink blossoms, dizzy scent, fat fruit. So last summer, we dug one in. One, it turns out, is insufficient. Solo, the tree will branch,...
The Smash is a sandwich on a mission
Reverse engineering sounds all spy-versus-spy. So when my handlers passed along a tip about The Smash, I understood my mission: dismantle, decode, rebuild. Even though I'd never met the sandwich...
Summer blockbuster
Gardening is slow going. Drop a seed; harvest a carrot. In between there's watering, weeding, waiting. No chase scene, no explosion, no big reveal. The jump-cut can be spliced together...
Summer blockbuster
Gardening is slow going. Drop a seed; harvest a carrot. In between there's watering, weeding, waiting. No chase scene, no explosion, no big reveal. The jump-cut can be spliced together...
Summer blockbuster
Gardening is slow going. Drop a seed; harvest a carrot. In between there's watering, weeding, waiting. No chase scene, no explosion, no big reveal. The jump-cut can be spliced together...
Pie in the big sky
Camp fosters the cowgirl fantasy. Wake early. Brush down and saddle up. Ride the trails, humming. Then break for breakfast: apple pie with cheddar cheese. Unclear why the cowgirl takes...
Egg Special sandwich
Home called; would I come? Not home to husband and dishes. Home to flowered bedroom and mom in apron. Home home. I booked a seat to Iowa City. I've got...
Egg Special sandwich
Home called; would I come? Not home to husband and dishes. Home to flowered bedroom and mom in apron. Home home. I booked a seat to Iowa City. I've got...