Double Up Farm

While I love elderberry syrup, it turns out not all children like it. My dental hygienist mentioned how her kids only liked the...

If you do something two years in a row, does that make it an annual event? This was the second year the Union County Master Gardeners...

My mother was an amazing cook, and I have many of her recipes (which I make all of the time). One that I don't have is chicken and...

You remember a while back I went on and on about how I hated beets but now I love them? Well eggplant is even worse. My mother did...

I hate beets. Sure, I ate those round pickled beets in a jar when I was a kid, but as soon as I was a grown-up, I avoided them in all...

We are entering my favorite food time of the year. Sure, I love Autumn harvest stuff, and Christmas goodies, and there's always room for...

First things first - these rolls are perhaps the best bread product I have ever had in my life. Stage one - Sponge (leaven) Water – 1 ½ c...

That's me in the middle, with my sister, father, and grandparents - no, you are not imagining it - I was quite the looker. I have had a...

If you know Mr. Double Up, you know he does not eat anything green. And if you know me, you know I have devoted my life to sneaking...

I don't remember why I even had a bag of that flaked coconut. But it has been sitting in my cabinet for a long time. Sure, I could just...

Even after 12 years, I cannot get used to the idea that we get snow in the Deep South. I mean, come on people, if you have to put up...

I love Indian cuisine. I never tried making it myself until I met my friend Hamsika and her mother, Lalitha, and my friend Vani. They...

Many years ago, when we lived in San Leandro, a friend introduced me to a little snack called "Linguica Bread". Linguica is a Portugese...

I am pretty fussy about lasagna. Don't get me wrong, I will eat and enjoy ANY lasagna, but I am constantly looking for the next best...

One of Dave's favorites - I had some puff pastry in the freezer and these where very easy and delicious. It doesn't seem to matter how...

Crock pot that is - see what I did there, kind of misdirected a bland cooking post like it was something exciting. Well, for me, the...

I am very fond of those York peppermint patties - so when I saw this recipe on the Facebooks, I had to give it a try. I am always on the...

We love cranberries - I make cranberry apple relish in quantities to eat all year, not just Thanksgiving. I make fresh cranberry salad,...

Uh....no!!! I have now processed all of my own apples, and have moved on to two bushels of apples from the mountains. Today, thanks to...

Five years in the making - I finally have enough apples to do something! It has been a struggle. This is NOT apple country, and every...