by Sarah Lemon | Aug 10, 2025 | Recipes, Vegetarian, Summer
“Is there such a thing as, like, a cold potato soup?” Enthusiasm for food flagging amid a heat wave, my husband assumed he was grasping at straws. Little did he know he was lighting a fire under my own tepid culinary ambitions. “Actually, there is,” I replied....
by Sarah Lemon | Jul 21, 2025 | Recipes, Vegetarian, Summer
“Millions of peaches — peaches for me.” “Millions of peaches — peaches for free.” The hit lyrics from the Presidents of the United States of America couldn’t have been more suited to my family’s Saturday morning at a local U-pick orchard. Well, it wasn’t millions of...
by Sarah Lemon | Jul 6, 2025 | Recipes, Vegetarian, Summer
When soaring outdoor temperatures and outdoor cooking collide, the casualty can be classic mayonnaise-dressed side dishes. I love grilled foods alongside homemade, well-seasoned, all-American potato and macaroni salads. No factory-made versions with their...
by Sarah Lemon | May 13, 2025 | Recipes, Vegetarian, Spring, Summer
Resolved to squeeze as much food as we can out of our small-ish suburban yard, my husband and I intermingle ornamentals and edibles. Pencil-sized leeks punctuate our flower beds. Strawberries sprawl around our backyard rosebush. And our front yard is a riot of...
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...
