One chef at the Ayers Creek Farm tour held for its retail and restaurant customers summed it up nicely. "I wouldn't miss this fo...

Blackcurrant season jumps out at me when I least expect it. This year it was mid-June when I asked Anthony and Carol Boutard of Ayers Cre...

For the past few years I've had the privilege of occasional visits with Carol and Anthony Boutard at their farm outside of Gaston, sp...

Indigenous people didn't have any problem finding sources of protein here in the moderate climate of the Northwest. After all, there ...

For years I'd been battling the red-stemmed, succulent-like weed with the fat, oval leaves, wondering what in the heck kind of invade...

I was fortunate to be invited to this event, charmingly called a Squash Party, by Lane Selman of the Culinary Breeding Network . As the v...

No visit to Ayers Creek Farm is complete without a demonstration of the culinary uses of the food that contributor Anthony Boutard and hi...

Known to contain vitamin C, potassium, iron and magnesium as well as vitamins A, E and B, the black radish also possesses an ability to f...

Though the Hillsdale Farmers' Market will not be in session this weekend—it has begun its twice-monthly winter season schedule, in e...

Much to my chagrin, I hadn't met Sarah Minnick until just a few weeks ago. She was ably manning the woodfired oven at Ayers Creek Fa...

Don't blame me if you miss your once-a-year chance to visit Anthony and Carol at Ayers Creek Farm, especially now that the weather...

My friend Linda is traveling in Transylvania. She sent this photo and said "this is fresh sheep's cheese ready to brine. Just in...

My friend Linda is in Transylvania, revisiting old friends from previous travels and, because she is the kind of warm and compassionate p...

My mother didn't get it when her only daughter would want to mow the lawn. After all, she had two sons for that purpose, didn't s...

Contributor Anthony Boutard of Ayers Creek Farm doesn't just love horseradish, he adores it in the same way other people get weak in ...

I'm not big on rituals. Though I certainly grew up on them, from going to church on Sundays to having tuna casserole on Fridays to g...