Photo by K’s Clicks Dish of the Week: Shrubs Where: The Gibson As we enter the market season, it’s easy to let your eyes get bigger than your stomach. I always buy too many strawberries and peaches that don’t get eaten. While there are some ways to preserve them, such as jams and freezing, shrubs are a great way to put over the hill fruit to use. Shrubs are fruit vinegars combined with sugar….

Dish of the Week: Tom yum soup This recent up and down weather has left a number of people we know nursing colds, myself included. Aside from downing various over-the-counter medications, I decided to turn to a little bit of homeopathy. Chicken soup has been shown to slow the movement of neutrophils (specialized white blood cells) toward the respiratory system, lessening your body’s fast train to mucus hell. Some swear by onions, garlic, and ginger…

These days when most people label someone as a home cook, instead of a culinary professional, they tend to imagine someone along the lines of Rachael Ray or Paula Deen. And while those two TV personalities have done a lot to get people interested in food, there is another side to home cooking. A whole world of serious, dedicated, and adventurous home cooks are putting down the can opener, stepping away from the bags of…