Today I had an egg for lunch. Nothing spectacular, just a way to balance out the mixture of carrots, onions, peppers, and grated potatoes that were a pepped up version of hash browns–with my seasoned cast iron skillet, I can “fry” this mixture with only a teaspoon of oil, so it’s healthier than it sounds….

Our extended family includes five young cousins all with birthdays in August, so there is usually one massive party for them all. Yesterday’s bash carried the theme of “crawling things” that included mostly bugs and snakes, and the day was just right for outdoor games like searching for plastic bugs instead of eggs, etc. Food…

A check of the refrigerator revealed half a cucumber, half a sweet onion, half a bell pepper, and a small amount of barley all needing to be used; missing were lettuce, parsley or any other fresh herbs. My kitchen and my garden were in the midst of summer doldrums on a very hot, very un-air-conditioned…

It’s been just about a year since I wrote about pies I had made for one of my grandsons. His cousin turned nine yesterday, and she also requested pie for her birthday. This time it was blueberry, a favorite of many in the family, and perfectly timed with an Aldi special of 99 cents per…

With tomatoes, cucumbers, and peppers at their prime either in your backyard garden or at the local Farmers’ Market, now is a great time to make up a batch of gazpacho for a cool lunch or light dinner. Note that I didn’t capitalize “gazpacho.” According to some of the feedback at http://markbittman.com/sunday-supper-gazpachothis term has been…