For years I've been ripping off the tops of bunches of carrots and tossing them in the compost. When a checker at the store would ask...

The red stalks of rhubarb that appear at farmers' markets and grocery stores this time of year, along with tender green things like r...

I was raised in the Episcopal Church in the "mission diocese" of Eastern Oregon. Oddly, contrary to that region of the state...

And two bruisers they are! The biggest puppies Coedwig Cardigans has had in 30 years of working with this breed, these as-yet-unnamed li...

This is an amazing picture of a chick just as it's hatching from its egg. Hatched in an incubator at my friend Kim's house, it ha...

According to Wikipedia, "mizuna (Japanese: 水菜 'water greens')—also called shui cai, kyona, Japanese mustard, potherb mustard...

The straccetti sandwich was created in the 1960s in a small trattoria in Rome, according to Cathy Whims. The name tranlates as "smal...

There are some things it takes me an embarrassingly long time to get around to. Like learning how to roast a chicken. Or, perhaps more su...

What could be more appropriate for one of the hottest and most progressive food regions in the U.S. than a film festival featuring six ...

Funny how it is with cookbook authors whose work I know and admire—the pages of their books get well-thumbed and splotched, and over time...

"Good things come to those who wait." This old proverb extolling the virtues of patience has been appropriated by advertising...

Introducing a new series I could also call, "I Can't Believe You Just Said That." Please feel free to share your own storie...

Recently I had reason to recall an evening we spent in Mexico several years ago: "Strolling through the Centro Historico on a moon...

I buy corn tortillas in the big stacks at the grocery store, in the packages that proudly declare "5 Dozen." I get home, throw ...

Apparently all it takes is setting foot in Oregon to catch the whimsy that clings to the place like a shawl. Take, for instance, cyclist ...

Not content with simply making kooky hats or yarnbombing another bike stand, fiber artist Tyler Mackie decided she wanted to make art that...

The ability to collect and save seeds from the crops they grow has been a traditional practice among farmers for thousands of years. Thos...

It's shocking to me that more people don't know about the annual Farm Fest Plowing Competition in McMinnville. For horse lovers ...