It’s hard to believe that the first day of fall is tomorrow! But with all the things I will miss about summer, there is one major one that I won’t. . .the heat! It was so hot this summer! Because of sustained 100 degree days that barely got into the 80’s at night, I spent …

Can you believe that I went two weeks without posting a pumpkin recipe?! I know, I surprised myself, too! 🙂 I didn’t want you to think that I have fallen ill and forgotten about my love for pumpkin, though I actually did get sick. . .so if this post makes no sense, I blame it …

Have a lot of tomatoes sitting on your counter that need to be used up before they go bad? That’s the situation I found myself in a few days ago. When we were up at my parents’ house for Labor Day, we were given lots of tomatoes! Yeah, we kind of hit the jackpot of …

I’m not sure why, but this is the first time I’ve made a crostata. Maybe because I don’t mind making pie or maybe because I’m stuck in a rut making the same pies (that’s probably more like it!). Whatever the reason, I’ve been missing out! They look great. In fact, with a crostata, you don’t …

I love vegetables, especially in the summer when you get to enjoy so much of them fresh from the garden. In our case, we enjoy vegetables fresh from other people’s gardens! I wish we had our own, but we live in a small house surrounded by huge trees! Huge as in my arm span doesn’t …