Purple Italian Globe Artichoke The Purple Italian Globe is an heirloom varietal of the Artichoke family. Grown in the northern Italian region, this type of artichoke is known for her soft buttery leaves, and immensely …

Spring Rolls…who doesn’t love them! I’ve really been anxious to learn how to successfully prepare authentic spring rolls from beginning to end. The time came when a wonderful new friend from Cambodia offered to show …

Let’s begin with an astonishing mushroom fact that I recently learned. As legend has it, the “portobello” is basically an over-grown brown “crimini” mushroom. In fact, it’s not even originating from Italy as one might …

Source:  Internet:  Circ.  2010 Cupcakes are a delicious bit of American pop-culture which began somewhere around the turn of the 19th century. I think it’s safe to say, cupcakes are a staple in American baking. …

This version of veggie pasta and salad is a great start to my spring. My inspiration is returning due to the fact that Spring is 3 weeks in.  We started our spring this year with …

Herb – Common Mugwort – Artemisia vulgaris Common Mugwort is aromatic bitter which increases digestion, mildly stimulating to the nervous system, reduces tension and increases circulation. You can use it to induce menstrual flow. Used …

As a person living a plant-based diet, (aka, Vegan), it’s sometimes a bit challenging to decide what dessert options there might be. One gets sick of always having a chocolate vegan cake, which seems to …

Source: Beerli Family Recipe:  cir.1943 Almond Cookies or Mandelschnitte This Almond Cookies recipe is the third of four recipes my lovely father-in-law typed up for me. I’ve guarded that sheet of typed recipes as closely …

Source:  Farm Fresh Ingredients about 1999 This recipe for ‘Farm Fresh Salsa” is a show stopper, really. As a Californian, I love salsa, and have been a salsa consumer for a few decades. I’m a …

Vegan Potato Dumplings or Knödel Probably not the most exciting post I’ve ever done, but hey…it’s worth noting. Vegan potato dumplings or Knödel, are for me a comfort food. It’s when I’m craving starchy, warm, …

Swiss bread Buendner Roggenbrot – The Ring Lots of hard work went into to locating our Swiss bread Buendner Roggenbrot.  This is an iconic staple of the lovely canton of Graubunden.  This is the largest …

One-pot, and spaghetti…two words I never thought I would see arranged in the same title, yet it is. One pot spaghetti with fresh tomatoes is a delicious, not to mention fast recipe. Of all the …

Source:  Mayumi’s Kitchen Macrobiotic Cooking The Macrobiotic burrito The vegetable lentil burrito: In this case the macrobiotic vegetable burrito, is perhaps a rather intimidating name to such a simple, delightful food. But, for those who …

Herb – Linden Flower – Tilia The European Linden tree (also called the American basswood tree) are a lovely tree which flowers contain Tilia that include flavonoids, tannins and amino acids. The sedative effect of …