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The day after we got back to Raleigh last week, I woke up with tonsils so swollen, I could barely swallow water, a non-stop hacking cough and I sounded…

Who doesn’t love fruit leather? Still, those little single packages that they sell at the grocery store are expensive. But making it at home can be expensive, too, because…

At some point, when I was a kid, my mom announced that instead of making her usual berry crisp, she’d be making a rhubarb berry crisp. I was not…

Photos by Emily Caruso I’ve never really been big on elaborate recipes, but since having my daughter over the summer, I’ve gotten to the point where if it takes…

If I had to make a list of the small appliances I use most in my kitchen, my hand blender would be at the very top. I love hand…

I’m not sure how it’s already May, but somehow it is. And even though summer is still a month away, lately it’s been feeling like it’s here already–the humidity,…

Lambic, in case you didn’t know, is the best beer ever. Yes, it’s true. It’s a Belgian beer and it’s fermented differently than other beers, using wild yeasts and…

I try to eat lots of fresh fruit and vegetables during the week, but on Saturdays, I like to treat myself to things that have no nutritional value whatsoever.…