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In Native American culture, the three sisters were corn, squash, and beans, three crops that when planted together, all supported each other...

I really, really, really need to get better about posting and documenting things here before I am two  years behind on cooking challenge mem...

Quick blurbs on the middle part of the challenge, many of which feel so long ago. Besides challenges already posted (at least there were a f...

Time for a group challenge post for the last third of the year! Skipping weeks 40, 41, 45, 47, and 51 because they're also for the AtWCC...

I wasn't thrilled when I saw that the Week 46 challenge was seeds, because a lot of seeds are still choking hazards for little kids. But...

I wrote almost all of this post in September. Not sure why I never finished it and posted it, but considering all the time references in the...

The Week 34 challenge came up as figs, which weren't the easiest thing for us to get in a pandemic, so I considered skipping it. Since I...

Trader Joe's came out with a very summery-sounding salad this year, the lemony arugula basil salad kit, and we've picked up a bag on...

The Week 29 challenge was announced as emulsification, and although I'd heard the word before, I have to admit that I didn't actuall...

My favorite recipe for making coleslaw (is it coleslaw or cole slaw anyway?) is the one I found years ago on the Budget Bytes site in the re...

One of the things I've always wanted to do was cook from a cookbook cover to cover. (Well, as much as possible considering dietary and k...

Somehow it's already May, and we still  haven't posted our favorite food memories from last year . We originally planned to do it by...