by Sarah Lemon | Apr 2, 2025 | Recipes
Pasta is a mainstay of my kitchen, something I simply won’t do without. I’ve been known to say that if stranded on a desert island with only one food to eat for the rest of my life, I’d choose pasta, provided I also had butter or oil and salt. Not the most...
by Sarah Lemon | Mar 11, 2025 | Recipes, Vegetarian, Spring
My enthusiasm for eggs runs strong all year long. So it’s easy to forget that this supermarket staple has a season — unless you make a point to shop the region’s first farmers markets of spring. While March markets’ fresh produce is still scanty — even supplemented...
by Sarah Lemon | Jan 19, 2025 | Recipes, Vegetarian, Spring, Winter
It’s a bleak season for seasonal eaters in Southern Oregon — a time of “default-mode” cooking, rather than inspiration from nature. After a solid three months of eating winter squash, interspersed with potatoes and root vegetables, propped up by hardy greens, I’m...
by Sarah Lemon | Jan 5, 2025 | Recipes, Vegetarian, Winter
After the celebration comes the catharsis — that inevitable literal and figurative purging following the holiday season. After taking down and packing up holiday decorations this week, I deep-cleaned the kitchen, sifted through piles of paperwork on my desk and...
by Sarah Lemon | Dec 20, 2024 | Recipes, Holidays, Winter
My grandmother was the queen of Christmas. “Elf” might be a more fitting title, given her diminutive stature. But my grandma didn’t discreetly execute anyone else’s holiday plan. She orchestrated the whole show — with sights, smells and tastes to ensure everyone...
by Sarah Lemon | Dec 8, 2024 | Recipes, Winter
Do you switch up your salads according to the season? If apples have swapped places with tomatoes and citrus with cucumber, your salads are halfway there. Now consider the salad greens, themselves. The bulk of your salad bowl deserves a fresh look with each turn of...
