We are big time rice lovers in the VKlok household. Rice with butter or ghee and always with a pinch of salt; sometimes with broccoli an...

One of my absolute favorite smells is lavender. It seems to me to be the perfect blend of floral and spicy and invoke a feeling of balanc...

Beirut. Burundi. Paris. And untold, unacknowledged places across the globe. Recent events have reminded me we live in a world full ...

Every March it happens. I become so giddy with the idea of fresh herbs I start, what seems like, way too many seeds. Then July rolls arou...

Kombucha may rank as one of my favorite drinks in life. I generally have a batch going and love experimenting with a variety of different ...

[PLANTAIN: seed, root, leaf ] If there is one "weed" herb you need to make yourself comfortable with, even befriend, it's ...

This year we are resting our garden, a year of jubilee of sorts. The area we use to grow our goods has been worked, and pushed, and tilled, ...