I set out to see if I could pack one of my favorite bean soup recipes into a jar, along with dried ingredients to give its full flavor in a tidy package easy to gift and use

It all starts when I pull out an age-worn recipe card with brief penciled instructions in my grandmother’s cursive. It’s simply titled 'Vanilla Bean Cookies'

You can find a variation for Homemade Pumpkin Spice Mix made from whole spices, rather than pre-ground ones, at TwiceAsTasty.com

Grandma Tiny simply had been making pies for so long that she measured the crust ingredients with her hands and could feel when the dough was just right

This time of year, I start roasting sugar pumpkins and freezing the puree so that I’m prepared to put homemade pie filling into a scratch-made crust, recipes I’ll share in the coming weeks

For snacking, I like to sprinkle on smoked paprika, garam masala, or curry powder and then squeeze fresh lime juice over the seeds

The only specific ingredient you need for a good risotto is a highly glutinous rice that releases starch as it cooks

Broccoli cheese soup was a childhood favorite and among the first soups I learned to make from scratch on my own

Vegetable and shellfish stocks are easiest to make because the ingredients have so little fat

The firmer the green tomato, the better it holds its shape when fried

If you haven’t yet saved the food you want to eat all winter, now’s the time

I harvested the biggest cabbage of the season last week, a red monster that weighed more than 7 pounds

After trying several methods, from coating unheated tortillas with sauce to warming them in the microwave, I found a technique that keeps the tortillas both soft and intact

This time of year, I make this dip with freshly harvested onion bulbs and their tops

My daily 'salad' might land in an omelet or quesadilla, stuff a baked potato or get tossed with cubed sourdough bread for panzanella