The hardest part of making herb salt is deciding which herbs to use. From there, it’s simple and there are more »

The hardest part of making herb salt is deciding which herbs to use. From there, it's simple and  more »

On Orcas Island, people show up at Audra Lawlor’s door with boxes filled with plums, apples, quince, or whatever their more »

On Orcas Island, people show up at Audra Lawlor's door with boxes filled with plums, apples, quince,  more »

Anyone who has tried to peel a ripe tomato with a paring knife knows how it usually ends, with more more »

Anyone who has tried to peel a ripe tomato with a paring knife knows how it usually ends, with more  more »

Open the crisper drawer and there is a chance something in there that has wilted. The good news is that more »

Open the crisper drawer and there is a chance something in there that has wilted. The good news is  more »

Jim Durst will tell you that good vegetables begin underground. Feed the soil, he likes to say, and it will more »

Jim Durst will tell you that good vegetables begin underground. Feed the soil, he likes to say, and  more »

While zucchini is technically a fruit, almost no one treats it like one. This summer squash has a mild, slightly more »

While zucchini is technically a fruit, almost no one treats it like one. This summer squash has a  more »

It was the early 1990s when Nan McEvoy fell for a quiet stretch of rolling hills outside Petaluma, Calif. The more »

It was the early 1990s when Nan McEvoy fell for a quiet stretch of rolling hills outside Petaluma,  more »

The fingerling potato doesn’t look like much at first. Small and knobby, it tends to get overlooked in favor of more »

The fingerling potato doesn’t look like much at first. Small and knobby, it tends to get overlooked  more »

There’s something about eating outside that makes everything taste better. Maybe it’s the sun, maybe it’s the company, or maybe more »

There's something about eating outside that makes everything taste better. Maybe it's the sun, maybe  more »