As a child, I sat next to my mom when she boiled tomatoes for salsa, placed dill in the jars filled with cucumbers, and dunked the glass containers into the water bath canner. Not exactly sure what my mom was doing, I just figured it had to be done. We had a plethora of leftover [...]

“Supper’s ready!” Grandpa’s voice echoed down the hallway into each room of the house, catching everyone’s ear as it passed by. Caught mid-stroke while combing Barbie’s hair in my Aunt Suzie’s room, I moved with the family herd as we gathered around the dining room table, some of us spilling into the adjacent living room. [...]

Loving Local Food is a food lover’s (that’s me!) adventure with cooking, eating, wining, and dining. It is my continued quest to discover new culinary techniques, sample dishes from local chefs, and share my foodie experiences through photos and text. The food snaps pique people’s interest and often spark a conversation, so I want the [...]