Jochen Ditterich Today my art & craft column is about Jochen Ditterich, 73, of Grand Rapids, a fantastic weaver who taught me a great deal when I did an apprenticeship with him about a decade ago. The column that appears in today edition of The Grand Rapids Press starts out like this… I was an [...]

Happy Fall, everyone! Today I have a tasty gift for you, so keep reading. Not long after I met a cute guy at the college newspaper I got to taste the best cinnamon sugar applesauce on the planet. He took me home to visit his family in West Michigan where this delicious sauce is served [...]

Isn’t this kohlrabi beautiful? My share partner at Trillium Haven, the CSA farm I joined this year didn’t want her half of this lovely, so I took it home make some Kohlrabi fries. First, I peeled it and sliced it like potato and browned the sliced in a pan with a bit of olive oil. [...]

One of my favorite things to do in this world is bite into one of my mom’s delicious chocolate chip cookies. It’s such a guilty pleasure to savor a cookie warm from the oven, and then wash down that first delightful bite with a big swig of cold milk. Hot and cold. Sweet and wonderful. [...]