I have faith that one day we'll be reunited with that glowing red ball in the sky known as the sun, but from the weather reports, it won't be anytime soon. The driving rain on these foothill streets...

We celebrated New Year's Eve with a dinner out, but satisfied our sweet tooth back at my friend's house with a fabulous chocolate cake. My motto: You can never go wrong with chocolate! My friend's...

My friend and neighbor Cindi Rasmussen is also our local postmaster here in Weimar. She was just awarded the official postmaster position in December and the residents of Weimar couldn't be happier....

I'm not sure how many readers are aware of Placer Adult School's nutrition class and cooking lab on Friday mornings at the DeWitt Center, but students create some excellent dishes during this class,...

I've been dining on osso buco for years, and have sampled it at many different restaurants, always enjoying the robust flavorful sauce and the delicate meat. But until recently, I'd always steered...

Our dear friend Walter Cooks, who turned 93 just last week, likes to save recipes for me when he sees them in his local paper. Over the summer he brought a whole stack of them for me to try and one...

This year I wasn't planning to do a cookie recipe because of the e-mail going around that has links to literally hundreds of cookie recipes. It seemed everyone would have plenty of cookie choices this...

The ethanol mandate has me a little nervous, because I'd rather eat corn than put it in my car. The price of corn is going through the roof as the demands of ethanol production strain supplies. (Ethanol...

After a holiday season full of rich, fancy foods, a big salad may be in order this week. And, this is a big salad! My friend Suzanne Tustin shared this recipe (one of her favorites) with us a few months...

Many of you e-mailed to say how much you enjoyed Michelle's pumpkin bread with caramel glaze and indicated you'd be interested in more pumpkin and harvest recipes. So here we go with another friend's...

Denise Monahan is at it again - sharing her fabulous recipes. (She also brought us her moist bran muffins and the cranberry-orange bread from Bandon Boatworks in Coos Bay, Ore.) This delightful pumpkin...

Maybe you've noticed over the years, turkey stuffing is pretty much the food equivalent of a family crest. Handed down mother to daughter and daughter to son, the same recipe seems to surface each year...

There's only one meal that can possibly trump a traditional Thanksgiving feast, and that's leftovers the very next day. Having gorged on turkey and accoutrements last night, we begin to drool over the...

With heavy holiday dinners and all the trimmings, it's nice to have an extra-light salad to accompany the meal. This pretty little salad takes about five minutes to prepare and has just three ingredients...

T'is the season to harvest pumpkin recipes and my friend Michelle Steinman has one of the best pumpkin bread recipes I've ever tasted! It is pure decadence, brushed with a caramel glaze, and, though...