One spring when I was about seven or eight years old my mom took my sister and I on a little trip to visit her great uncle and second cousins in the small town of Snoqualamie. The trip lasted only a ...

Colorful, tart rhubarb is one of our favorite spring vegetables, right up there with peas, asparagus, and the other fresh ingredients the season has to offer. You'll often find it featured in desserts ...

I look forward to rhubarb season and am always grateful when my favorite rhubarb supplier Jean calls and asks if I can put some of her harvest to good use. I was busy the day she brought it so I ...

Long stalks of pale red rhubarb start making an appearance at farmers markets and on grocery store shelves as the weather warms in early spring. The tart vegetable (yes, rhubarb is a vegetable) is ...

This recipe is based on one my grandmother received from a friend with a gift of sourdough starter. Though the original is fantastic, it's hard to have more than one piece without feeling ill—it's ...

Rhubarb rarely gets a starring role in desserts, with most recipes relying on strawberries to temper its raw, unpleasant sourness. This classic pairing, while tasty, makes very little sense to me.

It all began with a knock on the door. Our daughter answered and I heard a small voice say, "Can you give this to your mom?" It was a bag of freshly cut rhubarb from our landlord and his family. I set ...

I have a confession to make. It’s something that my close friends and family have known for a long time. However, it is a secret I have been keeping from you, the tens of readers of this feature. But ...

Coffee cake is that rare category of treat that you can eat any time of day. Coffee cake for breakfast? Naturally. Coffee cake for an afternoon snack? That's its raison d'etre. Coffee cake for dessert ...

"In those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars of heaven shall fall and the powers that are in the heaven shall be shaken. And ...