Our (improved and enlarged) garden had a great year and yielded many delicious fruits and vegetables for our use, but our favorite product has to be the one pumpkin, out of three plants that grew all over the side of our yard, that made it. Vaia and I...

The name of this recipe comes from the fact that it yields multiple meals. Prez had hers cold. I left out the raisins and had mine hot, with tons of hot sauce. Either way is delicious. Simmer 1/4 cup quinoa in 1/2 cup vegetable broth for 12...

Thanks to George Panagakos for this amazing photo:

Last Tuesday I rolled to my local voting site to perform my civic duty and vote. And if I had been of the mind to commit voter fraud (and I am definitely not!) I easily could have. Here was the procedure at my polling place: I went into the room and...

What a busy and enjoyable weekend. On Saturday we baptized Raphaela and spent some good time with a few friends from out of town and our family. She was a champ - some crying in the beginning in the narthex but then quiet and observant during the...