It’s August. Tomatoes are coming into their glory. One of my favorite ways to use the bountiful crop of fresh summer tomatoes is in salads. There are so many choices! Stir them into salads of fresh greens, grain salads, pasta salads, or salads where the main ingredient — the star of the ...

“There are only two things that money can’t buy — that’s true love and home-grown tomatoes.” — John Denver In our North Country, August begins the season for home-grown tomatoes. If you’ve only eaten tomatoes at a restaurant or bought tomatoes at the supermarket, you’re ...

Summer is a time for cookouts, picnics and outdoor gatherings with friends and family. We cook meat on the grill and serve lots of salads. A favorite salad to bring to these gatherings is a potato salad. One way to change up your potato salad is to use sweet potatoes, or a combination of ...

Tender and juicy, New York plums are in season now and will be available through the end of summer. They make a great snack on hikes and other outings — and there are so many delicious varieties, though only a few are hardy enough to grow in the North Country. Plums have grown wild in ...

In winter, we call apples, oranges and bananas “fresh” fruit. True, it is not canned or frozen — but after weeks of travel and storage, is it truly fresh? It’s mid-July. Summer is in full swing, and farm stands are loaded with fresh summer fruit. Strawberries began the season. Now ...

The Fourth of July has come and gone. The weather is humid and hot. It’s summer! Move over, old, starchy winter potatoes. New, tender potatoes — so different from those stored through the winter — are a seasonal delicacy. Freshly dug from a young, growing potato plant, they’re moist, ...