2025 - Better.Cheaper.Slower.

Parallel Parking: Preparing for Hiking

April 18, 2025

It's National Park Week. Free admission tomorrow to every one of them. Enjoy your Parks fully. And carefully. Because only you can prevent forest fires. Really. Smokey the Bear got laid off. Here's how to get in shape for Park walking and hiking. In an imaginary park. When you hit the real trail, you're ready to rock. And climb.

Easter Eggs

April 17, 2025

If you're hunting for an Easter egg dish, let me help. Here are 10 recipes for a wonderful Sunday brunch after your stroll in the Easter Parade.

Risi e Bisi: Sweet Spring Pea Risotto

April 16, 2025

Luscious, creamy rice. Fresh, sweet Spring peas. And some smoky prosciutto. Elegant and hearty for an early Spring night. Those fresh peas are the best reason to visit the Farmers Market this week.

Spring Faves: Favas

April 15, 2025

Must be Spring. Fresh fava beans at the Farmers Market. They're bright green, they're tender, they're slightly sweet. Preparing them is Slow. But really worth it. And they're great in my Complete Protein Tacos.

Slower Sunday: Can’t wait

April 13, 2025

A few hundred miles north of here, where I live, it's still all promise, no blossoms. But if you just can't wait that extra week or two, you can come down here.

What We Can Learn from Ginger Ale

April 12, 2025

You can make a glass of intensely flavorful, thoroughly refreshing and, yes, kinda sweet soda with a fraction of the sugar calories you'd get in a can or bottle of Coke or another industrial soda. This is the gateway homemade soda pop.

Hiking Abraham-Lincoln in Vermont

April 11, 2025

Five miles on The Long Trail in Vermont. To the summit of Mt. Abraham and the top of Lincoln Peak. And back. Burn 1,200 calories on a beautiful half-day hike. Then restore a few just up the road on the Ben & Jerry's factory tour.

Spring Soup Strategy Some garlic with your tea?

April 10, 2025

A perfect Way to begin a light, slow and satisfying Spring meal. Another Way to use great aroma - and lots of it - to let you eat less but feel like you ate more. A little garlic with your tea?

Aromatic Spring Vegetable-Potato Gratin

April 9, 2025

Delicious and beautiful. 50 cents per serving. If a gratin sounds like something you shouldn't try at home by yourself, the sound's deceiving. Click. Seeing, tasting and inhaling is believing.

Tropical Fish Tacos

April 8, 2025

Mango-papaya ceviche with grilled halibut. A shockingly great flavor combination. An unusual but immediately lovable meal you'll make again. And again. 100% of your daily Vitamin C requirement and a complete fruit serving.