For the last week of the spring CSA, Breezy Willow wants to make sure that you eat your vegetables. Look at all those beau...

If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you know my disdain for brussel sprouts.  Yeah…If you ask my hu...

In my humble opinion, there is nothing better than a delicious, ripe strawberry. Okay, blueberries and raspberries are also...

Todd Kliman of the Washingtonian ran an online chat today, and he started with his standard opening:  "Where am I eati...

The new Indian restaurant coming to Fulton will be called the "Polo Club," the developer said at tonight's Maple Lawn annua...

I think I snapped sometime last week, when I dug yet another tasteless supermarket granola bar out of my work drawer. It ta...

Last night, we fired up the grill (I say "we" meaning Mr. Balancing Act) and made our first beer can chicken.  Normall...

I whipped this soup up the other night when I was tired and had no energy for chopping, sauteing, or anything else. So this...

Don't buy a candy bar when you can snag two quick pistachio baclava at Nazar Market in Columbia.You're doing errands.  ...

Eggs and cactus with beans and tortillas (and a side of chorizo potatoes)Hearty breakfast requires a hearty day, and that's...

Another gloomy May day. Good for my plants, flowers & ground water, bad for my laundry – the procrastination con...

Currently on my bookshelf, there is a stack of cookbooks from the library (as usual) which I am gradually getting around to...

Mother’s Day gift:  Pear and star anise jam from Atwater’s The melt-in-your mouth pork nachos from this truck ...

Red Hot & Blue is a Memphis style BBQ joint in Laurel, Maryland.My grandfather loves this place and says it has consist...

If you are searching for a form of exercise that is free, requires no gym membership, and can be performed in your local pa...

Gluten-free granola is a wonderful breakfast, but don’t overlook it as a nutritious recipe ingredient! In this recipe...

My son and his friend drifted upstairs from the family room where they had been playing video games. “It smells so g...

The spring CSA is only 12 weeks long, and then (if memory serves) we’ll get a week off before the summer CSA starts u...

The strawberry picking seasons has started at Gorman Farm in Laurel, reports AnnieRie on AnnieRie Unplugged.  She was ...

While doing our weekly shopping at Trader Joe's this week, I spied another new product in the refrigerated case: Sprouted T...

I’m not always on top of things in the blogosphere, so I didn’t get the news about Wordbones until I got the Ho...

All the cool kids are drinking these green smoothies, so I wanted in. The problem is, everything about the green drinks gro...

The taqueria in the back of Tere's Latin Market has been a great place for Mexican food, and that place appears to be expan...

Michele’s Sweet Shoppe sent me nine flavors — Caramel, Dillicous, Buffalo Ranch, Coconut Almond Bliss, Dark Cho...

I recently wrote a blog about employing moderation when losing weight. Moderation in all things, including slow and sustain...

Galette is the broad term for a free-formed pastry crust enveloping savory or sweet fillings. Here, I make a gluten-free Ap...

Dennis Lane was killed early Friday.  The Sun has a story.  Dennis wrote the Tales of Two Cities blog, and he was...

How do you decompress? Perhaps an after work happy hour at a local bar and grill? A bottle of wine or beer with dinner at h...

After years of lusting after the dressing served on the small salads at various Hibachi grills and sushi restaurants, I th...

Veggie platter at Tigi's EthiopianWhen we left Tigi's Ethiopian, we felt like we had just eaten dinner in Tigi's home -- wa...