Mercat La Boqueria Located in El Raval, this massive open market is open from 8 am to 8:30 pm Monday through Saturday (closed Sundays). Vendors sell everything from spices to snacks, meats, vegetables, seafood, sandwiches, freshly squeezed juice, empanadas, candies, chocolate, and a huge selection of it all. Stop at the Market for breakfast, lunch,…

Everyone with a garden spends the late Summer noticing the ever-shortening evenings. As if the sun is reminding you from just above the horizon, exactly how amazing those crops look. Whether a small raised bed or acreage, a sewn seed brought to harvest is important. I get my ingredients, for the most part, from stores….

For 82 years (and counting), the small Oregon Dutch community of Verboort has been hosting a sausage dinner fundraiser for “Visitation School” and this year it was my great honor to attend.