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It's truly possible to enjoy the feast of Thanksgiving without feeling like you are packing it on to go into hibernation for the winter! Tweaking these recipes is half the fun of cooking ...

Credit Chelsea Dillon-Miller

Last August, I was at a farmer’s market in Scotland when I saw that the early Brussels sprouts had arrived. A whoo-hoo moment for me, to say the least. Brussels are one of my all-time fav...

Credit Laura Moss

In many parts of the world, all types of winter squashes are called pumpkins. The word pumpkin originates from the word pepon (πέπων), which is Greek for “large melon". For our Patch reci...

Credit Ashlie Hughes

I recently stumbled upon a revealing book – “What We Eat When We Eat Alone: Stories and 100 Recipes”, by authors Deborah Madison and Patrick McFarlin. It is a compilation of the solo eati...

Credit Jill R. Lewis

Independence Day celebrates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. It’s a day of patriotic parades, picnics, concerts, fireworks and of course my favorite…barbeques. So pull out...