Decadence in One Bite

Cook, For Goodness Sake! By Linda Garrettson It’s February. The image that comes to mind is Valentine’s Day and a red heart-shaped box of chocolates. A vision of a sampler containing chocolate creams, caramels, nuts and truffles quickly pops into my head. I wonder if there could be another option for these yummy and decadent […]

Presto Pesto Magic

Cook! For Goodness’ Sake By Linda Garretson It’s September and harvest season. In full force are the cucumbers, beets, squashes, tomatoes, greens and herbs. Like almost everything in the vegetable garden, it all comes at once. Then the question becomes, what to do with it? That’s why I like pesto. Who doesn’t love the intoxicating […]

Cook! For Goodness Sake

American Pie By Linda Garretson It’s July and the time for cooling summer foods, outdoor meals and 4th of July parties. When I think of those parties I picture strawberry shortcake—red and white. But where is our patriotism without the blue? Determined to make Betsy Ross proud, I adapted recipes from two of my favorite […]

Cook, For Goodness Sake!

Remembrance Borscht By Linda Garrettson Several years ago, I had the pleasure of traveling from Beijing to Moscow on the Trans Siberian Railroad with my godson, Max. Fascinating glimpses of China and Mongolia sped past our window as we made our way to Moscow. Endless stretches of Siberian tundra, forests and Lake Baikal graced the […]

Oh My, Lentil Pie

Cook! For Goodness Sake By Linda Garrettson It’s March—the month that supposedly comes in like a lion and leaves with a lamb’s fresh breath of spring. By March we have grown tired of eating all those yummy, warming root vegetables that sustained us all winter; our taste buds yearn for fresh asparagus, peas and fresh […]

Kick-Starting a Healthy Eating Journey

Cook! For Goodness Sake By Linda Garrettson Everyone has a story, and mine relates to the great understanding that food is medicine. This is how it began… Twenty years ago, I bumped into Brett Hellerman at a party. He asked me how I felt. “Not so good, Brett,” I replied, while mentally listing the dozen […]