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Peach-Blueberry Galette. I had to do it.

August 24, 2024

Start with a small slice. Because you'll have a second no matter the size of the first. Fair chance you'll embarrass yourself with a third. And you won't want to brush your teeth for at least 24 hours. So easy to make you should probably just buy extra now for the next one.

Monument Mountain. Above Devil’s Pulpit.

August 23, 2024

All around the Northern Hemisphere, this is a wonderful, colorful time for hiking and walking. You should do some. Like Monument Mountain. A moderate 3-mile walk in the woods to views across tens of miles of western Massachusetts hills and valleys getting ready to turn more than fifty shades of red, orange and yellow.

Spicy & Minty Summer Squash Soup

August 22, 2024

The air is hot. I'm cool. Because I just had a bowl of this deeply flavorful and totally refreshing chilled soup. It's light, but it's substantial. It packs a little heat, but it's cooling. Make a big batch and be cool for days.

Beet Green Tart. Waste not, want not.

August 21, 2024

An earthy, bright, herbaceous vegetable filling from something you might have thrown away. In a flaky, buttery luxury-in-your-mouth tart shell from your leftover homemade pie crust. Your home smells like a very good bakery. Your tart costs 25 cents.

Charred Sweet Pepper Salad

August 20, 2024

Peppers everywhere. Every color, size and shape. Good supply, low prices. If you're firing up the grill this weekend, here's a light and really flavorful salad that goes with just about everything.

Your Monday #30: Knees up. Both. At once.

August 19, 2024

Today's Way is a simple, gentle one-minute Way to improve your health. C'mon, by the time you finish reading this Way, you'll probably finish today's healthy exercise.

Slower Sunday: Small Bites

August 18, 2024

I heard if you take small bites and chew slowly - you'll actually eat less. I told them, too. Works for everybody, huh?

Mint-Lemon Pudding Cake: Perfect Now

August 17, 2024

Big, refreshing, mouth-filling flavor. Not too tart or sweet. Amazingly light but luxurious and rich. Your first bite seems completely familiar and completely new. Part airy, moist cake. Part silky light pudding. Best summer dessert I've had in a very long time.

Sonoma Mountain: Cost-Benefit Analysis

August 16, 2024

Through dense forests of redwoods, live oaks, big-leaf maples, Douglas firs and madrones. You're in cool, green shade all the Way to the top. Then you're in golden grasses and California sun with magnificent views up and down the Valley.

My Other Summer Sandwich: Spicy Tofu

August 15, 2024

A shockingly delicious vegan summer meal-in-a-sandwich. A slightly spicy slab of baked tofu on sesame-peanut sauce-slathered bread with greens and tomato. Hugely flavorful and satisfying. There's so much going on in each bite that your whole mouth lights up.