Summer Reading for the Food Obsessed

Books for the plane, the beach, or just curling up in bed.

Life Lessons in Gardening

Brent Ridge of Beekman 1802 discusses leaving Martha behind for dirty feet and early morning pig feedings.

Upgrade Your Rags

Beautiful tea towels from eight top designers.

Eat Your Lawn

A new wave of gardeners replants front yards with food.

It’s been raining like crazy around DC lately and I’ve been noticing quite a diverse range of WEEDS growing all over my lawn and garden, driving me crazy. With that said, I have recently found out that purslane is...

In the South, kudzu shows up everywhere. Even on people’s dinner plates.

Healthy & Organic Living gets dinged for urging its readers to eat an equally deadly relative of deadly nightshade.

In a northern climate such as zone 5 buckwheat is one of the best options for producing dense shade quickly in the summer. It will choke out weeds pretty fast. I do not think any legumes will establish high shade density fast...

I just read a short article from yesterdays NY Village Voice where Nina Lalli describes summer street food in Harlem. The article is called “When the Streets are Paved with Snacks.” It very much reminded me of what...

wow – your menu sounds amazing – may i suggest a rose – i think red in general and especially at a summer wedding is just to warm – but if you must a chilled pinot noir. and lots of prosecco!

it off with some nice fresh fruit salad with whipped cream or some ice cream or ices for desert – a perfect summer dinner.

, also edible. They have a peppery bite. Leaves are edible, too. One of my garden favorites. I have perennial winter savory in the garden but hardly use it. Dill! You don’t have dill on your list. I love dill weed. Lemon balm...

Away for a week and I forget about what needs to be done. Weeding of course. I’ve discovered there’s a big difference between aged horse manure and composted horse manure. The aged horse manure was full of pigweed...

Oh, I don’t think it was a criticism but what do I know? I use this pellet version simply because I only have to apply a couple of times a summer and it suits my lifestyle. For those who are around more the Miracle Gro is...

. The best one I have been to was Weed Orchards which has a variety of vegetables/fruits which is hard for many farmers. The peaches, squash, eggplant, cucumbers, peppers and nectarines have been unbelievable and very inexpensive...