'Summer'

Those of you who have been following Circle of Food for a while know that each year I have “Camp Aunt Mary” where my nieces and nephew, whose busy schedules allow, come to stay with me for a week of…

What a lovely berry, the gooseberry!  When was the last time you saw or heard of a gooseberry?  Well, my opportunity was a few weeks ago when I went with my garden club to tour a lovely country garden in…

This fat-free potato salad recipe is my own concoction. It is a little different with its 1 cup of parsley and some banana peppers. I served it warm and thought it tasted great. My husband went back for seconds —…

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I recently learned of a new product called Grill Charms™ that I think would make a great unique gift for the holidays.…

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Sometimes you don’t know you are in a rut until something new comes along.  I’m talking about the lemon garnish that everyone is serving with their water. …

Everyone loves themed cupcakes for special events and holidays….atleast I do but I have a few simple ideas to make cupcakes even more festive and cute for any occasion.

1. Instead of baking cupcakes like any other individual, you can…

A walk down through the county fair is not for the faint of heart or weight watcher. Everything is battered and deep-friend — Oreos, Ho-Ho’s, Snickers, Milky Way, Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups…even Pepsi.

But this year at the Great Indiana…

Summer without barbeque is unthinkable. Summer without wine is boring. Mix wine pairing and barbecue together, add some friends, and you’ve got the ideal all-American get-together.

While cooking meat, poultry or fish over an open pit fire is prevalent in…

Raise your hand if you’ve come home from work only to find a big box of home grown zucchini on your front porch or worse — crammed into the mailbox.

It’s that time of the year when zucchini is harvesting…

Some foods just go with summer. Watermelon comes to mind as does corn on the cob and of course, the rootbeer float.

I remember as a kid my dad would make rootbeer floats with a scoop of vanilla ice cream…