Thanksgiving Countdown Day 12: Make this Thanksgiving more about family and less about stress; Make a grocery list!

It’s one of my favorite times of the year. Thanksgiving is just a marathon cooking event for me the same way that other people feel about their hobbies. I turn to the kitchen when I am stressed or just trying to get my thoughts together. …

Waking up to a frosty morning on our Maine farm is the unofficial signal—crockpot season has arrived! There’s something so comforting about setting up dinner while the house is still quiet. By the time everyone’s up, the aroma filling the kitchen is like a cozy …

Even with all of the available online recipes, I still keep an extensive collection of cookbooks. Here are a few of my favorites.

Since I am not canning up a storm, it still doesn’t mean that I don’t have the canning itch. Without the produce, what is a farming wife to do?  Can everything else!  Have you ever pickled eggs? They are so tasty, and even the kids …

Since I am not canning up a storm, it still doesn’t mean that I don’t have the canning itch. Without the produce, what is a farming wife to do?  Can everything else!  Have you ever pickled eggs? They are so tasty, and even the kids …

Photo Flickr user kusine A few years ago, friends of ours gave me a handful of Walking Onion bulbs. She had casually broken them off as we stood talking by my car. I threw them into the bucket of other goodies we had been gathering …

Photo Flickr user kusine A few years ago, friends of ours gave me a handful of Walking Onion bulbs. She had casually broken them off as we stood talking by my car. I threw them into the bucket of other goodies we had been gathering …