The other day I wanted to make Beer Can Chicken. One of my favorite grocery stores, Ballard Market, had two-for-one organic chickens so they...

You are invited to a one-of-a-kind event on October 19: Ballard Authors & Neighbors. For the locals reading this post, you know that Bal...

I haven't participated in Poetry Friday for awhile, but today, looking out at the grey, this poem I wrote a few years ago seems right. T...

Come eat out at Smokin' Pete's or other participating restaurants for a good cause! Page Ahead, Washington State's leading prov...

You may have noticed I missed posting last week. Between running around getting everything ready for Sausage Fest, starting a new co-op pre-...

The other day I whipped together dinner using a little of this and a little of that in the refrigerator. I was happy to use up odd bits that...

For years I've wanted a mobile smoker for our catering. We have big grill, but our smokers are hard wired into the restaurant. Mobile sm...

Ah September, are you really here? I remember waaaayyyy back in April thinking about the massive amount of catering we'd have to do befo...

The very first night, within an hour of unloading my new Big Green Egg, I fired it up. Eric had bought some wonderful looking Rainbow Trout,...

I've wanted a Big Green Egg since before I had babies, and now she's finally here. Everyone, meet Eggatha. Isn't she pretty? ...

This is the time of year that I do two things: I make crazy lists and spreadsheets about moving off the grid and disappearing into my solar-...

I'm lucky that I get along with my mother-in-law. Politically, we are near, we both loathe Walmart, and we generally don't vote for ...

Today I get to visit with three great folks at Smokin' Pete's, Larry "BBQ Grail" Gaian, his wife Celeste, and Barry "...

A dear friend of mine just launched her first novel, Tell Me A Secret . I just finished reading it and what I loved about it most was that s...

Many of you know that I have a penchant for wild huckleberries. Red, blue, it doesn't matter which variety. I just want to eat them. We ...

I'm embarrassed to admit this. Back in April, in April , our oven elements at home went out. I tried out the self-cleaning function on t...