Chef Shirle’s Vegan Brunch is Back on! I am very much looking forward to serving the Vegan Community again! (I was hoping that by now someone would have opened a veggie/vegan restaurant in Durham, but alas, not yet) so in an effort to help the Vegan...

In my first installment of Songs About Food I am rocketing out of the gate with the songs of Shonen Knife. I searched for a band that might have more songs about food, but didn’t find another as prolific as  Shonen Knife. They were a 3 piece, all...

Stacked like ivory towers in my garden are old tires painted white. Inside these vertical columns quietly grow red, white and sweet potatoes that have been reaching for the sky all summer long. How did I come across the idea to do this, you might ask?...

  As we approach the final days in this Summer’s cauldron I am looking for ways to make great food without starting up the stove. This sweet retreat from the heat came at the perfect time. August rays were baking this girl’s will to create anything...