Herbed Gazpacho

One of the first dishes I made in my first apartment after graduating from college was gazpacho — it was cheap and easy and impressed those first guests I had for dinner. I’d made it with my mom as a teenager, but I enjoyed making it on my own, too, as that’s when I began […]

Nutty-Spiced Granola

I’m forever stumbling upon handmade goodies in my travels, making it impossible to enjoy the store-bought version of whatever it is afterward. On a story trip years ago to Eureka Springs, Arkansas, I stopped in for breakfast at a hippie-dippy café set high on one of the town’s legendary hills. The view from all the […]