In the Vintage Kitchen: Where History Comes To Eat

New Wharf Pottery dinner plate, 1878. Poison Bottle, 1920s. Clay pipe, mid-1800s. Japanese teacup, 1940s. Had I known that the overgrown lily bed would turn out to be such a storyteller, I would have started transplanting the bulbs ...

As we settle into cozy mid-winter weather with the hustle and bustle of the holiday season behind us, I’m excited to share the annual tradition of the recommended book list. Usually this lists gets published at the end of...

When it comes to dessert at Christmastime, an infinite loop of baking options never fails to greet us at every source. From chocolate to candy canes, cookies to confections, the holiday peppers its sugar plums and santas wi...

Adelma did not let us down. In her 1964 book, Herb Gardening in Five Seasons, she assured readers that certain types of herbs would grow in sun-dappled shade gardens. And she was not wrong. Herbs did grow. Flowers did ...