Although food columnist Jan Roberts-Dominguez deftly handled the question of hosting vegetarians for the holidays, some cooks have much trickier dietary restrictions on their hands. Vegans, Jan, acknowledged eat neither meat nor dairy, the latter food a category that more and more Americans are striking from their diets for reasons of health, including sensitivities and [...]
I may determine most of my household’s holiday menu, but the question of whether I actually spend Thanksgiving, Christmas or Easter in the kitchen is my husband’s purview — or rather his employer’s. One certainty in the fire service is working holidays. It’s going to happen, so families just have to adjust. The other certainty, [...]
At this point, I’m probably preaching to the choir. Anyone planning to cook for Thanksgiving should have the menu in hand and shopping out of the way. But a few last-minute adjustments to the holiday table in the name of ease or creativity aren’t out the question. On last year’s turkey day, my mom decided [...]
Familiar names once again characterized the winner’s circle at this year’s GingerBread Jubilee. The Corcoran family of Central Point took home five awards for their four entries in the annual fundraiser at Medford’s Craterian Ginger Rogers Theater. Mom Melisa’s replica of Willow Springs School (shown below) with daughter Rhiannon and son Brenden won first place [...]
Thanksgiving may still be a week away, but most of us are likely planning the meal, whether the menu is identical to previous years or warrants some modifications for reasons of health, economy or simply new trends. Columnist Jan Roberts-Dominguez offered tips in this week’s food section for hosting vegetarians with several recipes to try. [...]
While I’m swooning over the seasonal supply of mushrooms, I recognize that not everyone shares my affection for edible fungus. Faced with the choice of two dinner menus this Saturday for our friends — tacos and appropriate accoutrements or a an Asian-inspired noodle dish chock full of local wild mushrooms — our decision was resoundingly [...]
Autumn rain and chill certainly have a way of dampening enthusiasm for shopping at local growers markets. Today’s Rogue Valley Growers and Crafters Market at the Medford Armory looked about one-third of its warm-weather size. Many vendors started packing up early despite their ample supplies of goods. Sure they have truckloads of winter squash, but [...]
Bridging one season to the next, my garden is now a study in extremes. One end lush with young salad greens, beets and carrots while the other is a veritable respite home for tomatoes stooped under the weight of leprous fruit. Call me wasteful, but I haven’t managed to muster the enthusiasm for green-tomato relish [...]
The new look of Mail Tribune blogs comes, unfortunately, with a period of time during which readers will be unable to post comments. This, of course, isn’t the ultimate plan, but we’re apparently waiting for the newspaper’s corporate powers that be to finish constructing the rest of our blog features. The lapse couldn’t have come [...]
