PHILADELPHIA Like most parents trying to make ends meet, Vivian Shine-King needs to get creative sometimes. When she has to take her four children to doctor’s appointments, for instance, she’ll make sure multiple kids are booked at the same clinic around the same time, helping her to save on gas and parking. But Shine-King isn’t […]

They’ve written guides about growing fruit, vegetables, houseplants and more. Now, the authors of a popular gardening series have set their sights on something a little different. “What’s Wrong with My Marijuana Plant? A Cannabis Grower’s Visual Guide to Easy Diagnosis and Organic Remedies” (Ten Speed Press, 2017), by David Deardorff and Kathryn Wadsworth, is […]

With the arrival of fall, our local markets are beginning to feature winter squash. Each variety has its charms, but one of the standouts is butternut squash. Like its brethren, it becomes creamy when cooked and pureed, with no need for cream or thickener. Flavor-wise, though, it wins. Most butternut squash recipes tell you, first, […]

Does a fresh-picked raspberry taste better early in the morning, when it’s still cool from the night air, or at noon, after it’s been warmed by the sun? That’s debatable. But there’s no argument that few foods are as delectable as raspberries picked at their peak of ripeness, when they’re so fragile that they can’t […]

I remember the exact moment that I knew absolutely everything, beyond the obvious, had changed after Sept. 11, 2001. I was alone with a new baby and my husband was across the world, deployed with the Navy. I had a lot of time on my hands to obsessively watch the news, and admittedly, I saw […]

The first time a batch of beer boiled over in his kitchen, Steve Clemens started thinking about creating a dedicated brewing space somewhere else in his home. “That pretty much solidified it,” said Clemens, of Lodi, Wisconsin, who is one of an estimated 1.2 million homebrewers in the United States. “I also wanted someplace to […]

At the end of a long fall day — after dealing with all the seasonal demands of work and school — you don’t want making dinner to be a big deal. What’s called for is something that’s idiot-proof and crowd-pleasing. This recipe for Five-Ingredient Mexican Style Chicken Wings presents us with everything that makes chicken […]

CORVALLIS, Ore. Alden Gray breathes out a sigh, looks down at the ground, chews his lip for a moment and then responds: “I just couldn’t buy the truck,” he said. Gray, a 34-year-old landscape contractor and owner of Northwest Naturescapes, was trying to explain why he largely runs his business from a three-wheeled bicycle. And […]

As I mentioned in last week’s column, I’ve always been fascinated by the idea that when I go to sleep, something that doesn’t always come easily, there is another world out there, and it’s filled with people who are working, protecting, entertaining and, yes, having fun. (I know, I’m usually in my pajamas by 8 […]

NEW YORK Sometimes dubbed a British Martha Stewart, Chrissie Rucker — with her own home goods empire and cultish following — has brought her monochrome aesthetic to Fifth Avenue. She is opening The White Company stores in the United States (another store is slated to open in November in Short Hills, New Jersey) after the […]