Wine of the Week: A to Z Rose.

Wine: A to Z Rosé 2011 Price: $12 Tasting notes: fresh strawberries; crisp, well-balanced, nice for sipping before dinner Story: If your idea of a rosé wine is white zinfandel, then you need to get to know …

On the road: Eating, cooking in Asheville.

With our dearest friends, we spent a long weekend in Asheville recently. We had eating and drinking on our agenda—specifically, sampling some local brews, hitting a couple of casual restaurants and, most important, stocking up at …

Better than store-bought: Homemade mayonnaise.

I don’t like mayonnaise. Never have. Not on sandwiches, not in cole slaw, not in potato salad. I don’t even typically keep it in the fridge. I’m thoroughly grossed out by it. Then I had homemade …

Adorable mini fruit pies.

How cute are these homemade individual fruit pies? Get the super-easy recipe for mini pies.

Better than store-bought: Frozen dog treats.

Here’s an easy recipe for making healthy homemade frozen dog treats (like Frosty Paws).

Whole-grain salad with tomatoes, corn and smoked mozzarella

I recently had occasion to pull out an old recipe that came from my friend and former colleague, Tricia. For a team potluck lunch eons ago, she brought a salad of wheat berries with tomatoes, corn …

Strawberry jam (again).

My happy jam-making experience last summer—with homemade strawberry, blueberry and tomato jam—had me looking forward to getting out the canning pot and jars all over again. For a household of two people, we managed to go …

The Findlay Market Cookbook

My cookbook, The Findlay Market Cookbook, is Cincinnati’s local cookbook — a celebration of local food as it’s best represented by Cincinnati’s historic public market.