Category: Summer

It's that time of the year when people who have vegetable gardens and live close to the earth and in tune with the seasons and all that start complaining about zucchini. "I have so …

Is there anything more wholesome than pie? The very word brings a smile to one's face, and it's associated with all sorts of pleasant things -- someone who is sweet as pie (or a …

The Nuni has been very taken with picnics lately. It started last weekend when we were at the Huntington Library. After a hard hour of playing in the bubble fountains and the rainbow …

<img alt="" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2494/3761666013_f4cbdf1d75.jpg" title="Plum Jam" class="alignnone" width="500" height="333" /> <br /><a href="http://www.thedomesticfront.com/2009/07/28/jammin-plum-jam#plumjamrecipe">Skip straight to recipe</a> I have a confession to make. I have not been entirely truthful with all of you. I have been cooking …

I'm not much of a summer cook. I like to cook the foods of cooler weather -- spicy gingerbreads, hearty stews, root vegetables that stick to your ribs. Summer, at least in Los …

It's become fashionable or a mark of pride to eschew recipes. You'll hear many cooks boasting of how they never use a recipe, or they just use techniques they know on whatever they have …

As a child I hated lima beans. I mean, what child doesn't? They're lima beans! They're the punchline of a thousand jokes, the substance of a thousand threats, the stuff of a thousand …