Novel Eats

Learn how easy it is to grow plants – yes, even food – in containers in this fourth post in the Kitchen Garden series. When we first got into container gardening it was after we had already lived in New York City for a few years. As with many urban environments, there are opportunities to [...]

I am a big fan of apple crisp – the sweet, crunchy topping with the tender, juicy apples – but sometimes I just don’t have the right amount of apples or time on my hands. And sometimes I don’t really want to make all that extra effort of peeling and cutting up the fruit. I [...]

Learn how to start seeds in this third post of the Kitchen Garden series. When I first started getting into gardening, it was as though I was experiencing my inner child again. The wonder of seeing little tiny seedlings pop out of the soil is a feeling like no other when you’re working on building [...]